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Sound Transit Lays Out 2042 Path to Ballard Light Rail, Contingent on Closing a $9 Billion Gap

Summary by The Registry
Sound Transit has sketched a route to open light rail all the way to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood by 2042, but the timeline hinges on the agency finding billions in savings and new financing within the next seven years or watching the northern stations slip toward 2060. Light rail to Ballard will cost billions more than Sound Transit currently has in hand, yet the agency insists trains can still reach the neighborhood’s Market Street core by 2…
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The Registry broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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