Sound Transit Overshot Its Future Plans Budget by the Billions

Sound Transit overshot its future plans budget by the billions

Sound Transit officials are sounding the alarm about a multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall affecting a system plan approved by voters in 2012.

Sound Transit’s expansion plans balloon by up to $35 billion

Sound Transit has plenty of money to operate its existing trains and buses, but even at $4 billion per year, it might have to cut some of its future voter-approved...

Sound Transit says it's not just the West Seattle cost that's grown in a big way

By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor After Sound Transit discovered West Seattle light rail’s potential price tag had swollen to $7+ billion, the agency examined the rest of the ST3 plan … and now reveals another big number: The overall cost of building out the system could be up to $30 billion more than last year’s Long-Range Plan estimate. That was the biggest news from the Enterprise Initiative briefing at this afternoon’s Sound Transit B…