Lowering tracks two-headed problem

Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999 | 12:56 p.m.

Commission Chairman Jim Galloway said that along with the huge financial risk, there's an environmental threat as well.

"The homework wasn't really done here, folks," he said at a Republican Men's Club luncheon on Wednesday. "The impacts have not been disclosed to the public."

Galloway accused city officials of ignoring alternatives and failing to disclose project costs.

"The project could not be done for $192 million," he said, adding other estimates are as high as $400 million.

Reno Councilman Tom Herndon said it's Galloway who's short on his facts.

"I think that Jim is well meaning, but perhaps he hasn't researched enough," Herndon said. He said the city has addressed many of Galloway's questions, including the environmental impacts.

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