Seattle City Council approves new Capitol Hill streetcar line
Written by jrood
The Seattle City Council approved a deal with Sound Transit for a line to connect the downtown transit tunnel from the International District to the light rail station at Capitol Hill, which is now under construction.
The Daily Journal of
Commerce reports Sound Transit will pay the city $120 million to build the line
plus about $5 million a year to operate it.
Sound Transit spokesman
Bruce Gray said the First Hill Streetcar Connector compensates for dropping
plans for a light rail stop on First Hill.
The streetcar line will
be funded by the $18 billion package regional voters approved last November.
The city’s south Lake Union
streetcar line opened in December 2007.
