Sound Transit board members renew commitment to light rail expansion, despite budget shortfall

Seattle mayor attends light rail future town hall, declines transparency question

The city of Seattle is getting closer to learning the future of expanding the light rail to West Seattle and Ballard.

Sound Transit board members renew commitment to light rail expansion, despite budget shortfall

Four of the 18 members said it remains a priority to deliver the voter-approved extensions into West Seattle and Ballard.

Sound Transit vows to keep Ballard light rail despite rising costs

Several Sound Transit board members said this week that they remain committed to completing the Ballard and West Seattle light rail extensions, even as the projects face sharply rising costs and a nearly $35 billion agency budget gap. During a transit town hall hosted on Tuesday by the Transportation Choices Coalition, elected officials including Katie Wilson, Girmay Zahilay, Dan Strauss, and Teresa Mosqueda said they still intend to deliver the…