Sound Transit reacts to financial gap by making it a little wider
Sound Transit believes you have to spend money to save money.
Sound Transit believes you have to spend money to save money.
Sound Transit crews working on the Federal Way Link Extension have reopened South 216th Street in Des Moines.
A look at the top stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 20.
Due to scheduled rail replacement, Link light rail will experience service disruptions between Tukwila International Boulevard station and Rainier Beach station late evening Saturday, Aug. 21 and all day Sunday, Aug. 22.
Last week, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg led a news conference in Redmond to announce that U.S. DOT will approve expanded financing assistance for Sound Transit that will create more than $500 million in savings for regional taxpayers.
Sound Transit will open three new stations this fall, and testing of the new line is at a fever pitch. Below is a story prepared by Sound Transit’s Zee Shaner about the new line and preparations.
The Sound Transit board approved the Affordable Schedule on Aug. 5, but it will only cost the public access to new light-rail lines as a number of projects now face a delay.
Sound Transit will be receiving some much needed federal funding for the Lynnwood Link and Federal Way Extension light-rail projects.
Transportation Secretary says it is time for Gateway Project work, but N.Y. Gov. Cuomo says there are other needs BNSF moves forward with plans to demolish rail bridge over Skagit River House
Sound Transit’s plan of delaying several projects by years is not going over well with politicians and the public.
Sound Transit is moving forward with the light rail bridge over I-5.
The Lynnwood Link extension is making good progress.
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
Buying time is not going to impact Sound Transit’s embattled budget.
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.
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.
After 15 years of planning and construction, Sound Transit announced Friday that the Northgate Link will officially open on October 2 of this year.
The first elevated light-rail structures for the Federal Way Link Extension are now in place.
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.
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.