Leaders of the Friends of Waterfront Seattle are unhappy with supporters of Initiative 123, which proposes leaving a 400-foot section of the viaduct for redevelopment as an elevated park. As KING 5 explains, the groups have different visions: Friends of Waterfront Seattle is behind the city's current plans, which involve tearing down the viaduct and creating bike lanes, beaches and plazas. Friends of Waterfront Seattle finds the campaign behind Initiative 123 misleading, but the biggest objection seems to be its use of "waterfront for all" as a catchphrase. Friends' Charley Royer notes that is his group's long-established phrasing. I-123 director, Kate Martin, insists that "there's really no confusion. It's literally a waterfront for all."
