Sound Transit is extending its line north, south, east and west with the goal of connecting the entirety of the Puget Sound through light rail track. The Downtown Redmond Link Extension serves as the next step in that expansion.
With multiple mega-projects virtually all wrapped up in Seattle, a $724 million project to rebuild the city's central waterfront starts to take a more prominent role in the future of Seattle construction and transportation.
The constant political back-and-forth in British Columbia, Canada, over how to deal with an aging George Massey Tunnel has ping-ponged from uncertainty to a $3.5 billion, 10-lane bridge, back to uncertainty, to no bridge and now to an eight-lane submerged tunnel.
Amidst the constraints of weight limits, a seawall, a waterfront restaurant and high-voltage power poles, crews from ICI Interwest Construction Inc. and heavy mover Oxbo Mega Transport Solutions positioned a $20 million, 282-ft-long pedestrian and utility bridge in place this fall along the Everett, Washington, waterfront.
After 17-year, $17B saga, Bechtel's recast waste glassification megaproject at U.S. Hanford site readies for first startup, but unresolved issues remain.
The $52 million contract the Seattle Dept. of Transportation had to purchase 10 new streetcars for a planned Center City Connector line hit the brakes this month, even while the department says they plan to continue with the delayed project.
In a situation few cities find themselves in, Vancouver, B.C., is exploring how to best use the extra vehicle capacity on the 1954-opened Granville Bridge.
