Sound Transit Board Approves Plan to Address $34B Funding Gap, Extension Promises

Ballard light rail extension saved in critical Sound Transit vote

Sound Transit board approves plan to address $34B funding gap, extension promises

The vote comes as the regional transit agency faces rising construction costs, inflation and lower-than-expected revenue projections.

Sound Transit weighs 25-year rail plan amid $34.5B gap, 600,000 daily riders projected

The countdown is on for Sound Transit to decide which light rail projects will move forward over the next 25 years — and which ones may not.Dozens of people urg

As officials prepare to juggle light rail expansion plans, Seattle makes stand on Graham Street Station and Ballard

Some of the biggest questions for the next generation of public transit around Seattle could be answered Thursday afternoon as the Sound Transit board is slated to vote on changes to the “Sound Transit 3 System Plan” amid a projected $34.5 billion funding gap for light rail and expansion plans over the next 20 years. Mayor Katie Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay are putting their political weight behind preserving key planned inves…

THURSDAY: Sound Transit Board expected to vote on ST3 revision

After two Executive Committee meetings this month looking at a proposed revised plan, the full Sound Transit Board is scheduled to consider ST3’s future tomorrow afternoon, almost 10 years after voters passed the original plan. As previously reported, the revised plan as discussed so far would proceed with West Seattle light rail, running between SODO and The Junction with a new cross-Duwamish bridge and a Delridge stop along the way. Documents …

Op-Ed: Sound Transit’s Board is About to Vote on a Fantasy

Alas, West Seattle Link is not shovel ready.This week the Sound Transit Board will approve a plan based on a 2032 “opening date” for the West Seattle Link Extension and treat the project as "shovel ready," and ready to break ground in 90 days. Neither claim survives basic scrutiny. Before any vote, the board owes the region revised, evidence-based dates for every Sound Transit 3 (ST3) project, and the CEO, board, and staff should be willing to b…