City planned to withhold West Seattle light rail environmental concerns from regulators, public

City planned to withhold West Seattle light rail environmental concerns from regulators, public

Internal City of Seattle communications leaked to KUOW show that officials planned to withhold some environmental concerns from the public and federal regulators regarding Sound Transit’s planned West Seattle Link light rail extension.

West Seattle Link Gains Federal Approval to Fully Enter Design Phase - The Urbanist

Sound Transit announced Tuesday that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has officially approved its Record of Decision for West Seattle Link, putting a rubber-stamp on the project’s environmental approval process. That approval, which had been delayed during the Biden Administration and then further delayed as the Trump Administration took office, is a required step before the agency can fully advance design work on the $6.7-$7.1 billion p…