Light rail is undergoing a multibillion, multi-decade expansion in the Puget Sound region, moving in all directions from Seattle through tunnels, over bridges and across bodies of water as Sound Transit pursues a dozen projects.
A nearly 2,000-ft-long tunnel to carry light rail under downtown Bellevue is more than 90% complete, with an expected final break through to the site of the future Bellevue Downtown Station around July 20.
Sound Transit has teamed with developer Gerding Edlen to create a transit-oriented, mixed-income and mixed-use development to surround a new Capitol Hill light rail station in Seattle.
Sound Transit's plan to implement bus rapid transit lines on three major highways around Lake Washington near Bellevue includes projects that will add road lanes and stations.
The start of construction on a new maintenance facility marks a major milestone for Sound Transit and the agency’s effort to extend light rail from Seattle to outlying communities.
The ongoing expansion of Sound Transit outside of Seattle continues, with the latest move the awarding of a contract for the design-build project management of the Federal Way Link Extension south of Seattle.
