Closure on I-5 ramps and highway for Lynnwood Link construction planned for June 26
Sound Transit is moving forward with the light rail bridge over I-5.
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Lynnwood Link rising along Interstate 5
The Lynnwood Link extension is making good progress.
Bells & Whistles—A sinkhole and a sinking budget
Is the path to the passage of a major infrastructure bill already growing weeds? Sound Transit looks at later project completion dates to help temper affordability gap Unusual rail movement at grade
Sound Transit looks at later project completion dates to help temper affordability gap
Buying time is not going to impact Sound Transit’s embattled budget.
Sound Transit completes new light rail base in Bellevue
Sound Transit is ready to open its new Operations and Maintenance Facility: East (OMF East), a key component of upcoming Link extensions to Northgate, Lynnwood, Federal Way and Redmond.
With affordability gap at a whopping $11.5B, Sound Transit asks public for input
Through April 30, regional residents are encouraged to provide input to the Sound Transit Board of Directors on priorities for managing an unprecedented financial environment in its work to advance voter-approved transit projects that are not already under construction.
Sound Transit announces October 2 opening of Northgate Link
After 15 years of planning and construction, Sound Transit announced Friday that the Northgate Link will officially open on October 2 of this year.
Placing six girders at a time, work on Sound Transit’s Federal Way Link Extension hits high gear
The first elevated light-rail structures for the Federal Way Link Extension are now in place.
Streets around U District Station in Seattle are re-opening as Northgate Link construction progresses
The streets around the U District Station for Link light rail are reopening to the public starting today, a milestone in the progress of construction for the Northgate Link extension.
Sound Transit’s Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension project hits the home stretch
Crews have completed track work on Martin Luther King Jr. Way for the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension, marking 75% completion of the project. More than 22,000 linear feet of track is now installed.
Senate bill would inject additional billions into biggest transit projects
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would give some of the biggest transit projects in the country a big financial boost.
Sound Transit East Link to close between UW and SODO each weekend in April
Yesterday, Sound Transit announced upcoming power and signal work on the East Link.
Sound Transit Board approves transfer of surplus property to City of Seattle
The Sound Transit Board has approved a motion to transfer 10 surplus property sites in the Rainier Valley at no cost to the City of Seattle for the development of affordable housing, as a part of a partnership that includes a $10 million commitment from the city to build affordable homeownership opportunities.
Federal Way Link Extension design-build contract now more than 25% complete
Sound Transit announced yesterday that the Federal Way Link Extension project is moving along nicely.
Train testing begins on Sound Transit’s Northgate Link extension
Sound Transit is now running light-rail test trains on the elevated tracks of the Northgate Link extension. The line is on target to open in September. “Seeing light-rail vehicles on the Northgate
Bells & Whistles—High-speed rail project lacking the land
MOW union demanding more safety precautions at Union Pacific during pandemic, but judge rules it can’t strike Price of Sound Transit projects expand more than 50 percent ‘Beyond comprehension’: Contractor of California’s
Sound Transit awards a ground-breaking, multi-year rail maintenance contract to Advanced Rail Management
Sound Transit has awarded a multi-year, $24-million contract for rail grinding, polishing, and engineering inspection services to Advanced Rail Management, Corp. (ARM). The contract, which includes corrugation measurement and track geometry, ultrasonic,
Price of Sound Transit projects expand more than 50 percent
Location, location, location means more, more and more money for Sound Transit regarding the light-rail line extension to Ballard, Wash., and West Seattle. Sound Transit announced the construction of a line connecting
Sound Transit north commuter rail service halted by mudslide
Sound Transit, the transit agency for the Seattle, Wash. metropolitan area, offers bus, commuter rail and light rail service. The commuter rail service essentially runs from Tacoma, through Seattle and north to
Columns pop up on Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link extension
Civil construction on Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link extension is now more than 25 percent complete, marking a major milestone for the project. The final drilled shaft was completed last Friday, and more