Dan Strauss Restarts Downtown Tunnel Debate on Eve of ST3 Plan Update

Dan Strauss pushes plan to prevent Ballard light rail delays

Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss is calling for changes to Sound Transit’s current plans for the Ballard Link Extension ahead of a board vote scheduled for May 28. In a newsletter on Friday, Strauss said the Sound Transit Board will discuss a proposal that would fund light rail only to Seattle Center while indefinitely postponing the extension from Seattle Center to Ballard without allocating funding for its construction. The Ballard Link …

Strauss Stirs Ballard Rail Brawl Ahead Of ST3 Showdown

Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss is back in the middle of the long‑running fight over how Sound Transit should bring light rail to Ballard, floating a last‑minute change that would reshuffle billions of dollars just days before a crucial ST3 vote. His proposal, unveiled May 25 as the Sound Transit board moves toward updating the ST3 plan, would divert North King County funding away from the SoDo–Seattle Center tunnel segment and instead ba…

Dan Strauss Restarts Downtown Tunnel Debate on Eve of ST3 Plan Update

With the Sound Transit board days away from voting on a update to the Sound Transit 3 plan, a move that is poised to take completion dates for numerous major transit projects off the calendar, Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss has reignited a conversation about whether funding to build a second light rail tunnel in Downtown Seattle could be shifted elsewhere.The second downtown tunnel is a central part of the ST3 plan, planned to carry riders he…