Summing up

We understand the reluctance in giving $130 million back to Washington and Tallahassee. But that’s not the decision commissioners are being asked to make Tuesday.

They’re being asked to rush headlong into a frantic work schedule to preserve $10 million.

If this project could be redesigned without wires, and without rail, and for 35 percent less money, and with the kind of buzz happening around China’s supercapacitors, perhaps tomorrow’s commissioners would enthusiastically endorse it.

It could take a few years, that’s true. But given the transformation in transportation, a delay could reveal something better.

Seiler says that when he was first elected, he wasn’t a fan of the Wave as is. But now, given the other projects that need federal funding, he fears killing the project Tuesday night.

We don’t support killing the project Tuesday night, either. But we disagree with the mayor that a “no” vote means foregoing all the state and federal money.

This project has survived previous bumps in the road. And it’s seen skeptical politicians come around, including Seiler.

We encourage Fort Lauderdale commissioners to let their successors take the baton from here.

If we delay, today’s mayor sees the potential for a better project.

Let him trust that tomorrow’s mayor will help imagine the possibilities and produce something far more special.

Editorials are the opinion of the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board and written by one of its members or a designee. The Editorial Board consists of Editorial Page Editor Rosemary O’Hara, Elana Simms, Andy Reid and Editor-in-Chief Howard Saltz.