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‘Difficult choices’: Sound Transit plan would defer Ballard light rail

The proposal would also defer planned infill stations at Boeing Access Road in Tukwila and Graham Street in Rainier Valley; ...

Sound Transit to reveal plan to close $34.5B shortfall, reshaping light rail future

Sound Transit officials on Thursday outlined how they plan to address a projected $34.5 billion funding shortfall over the ...
KING5

Sound Transit OKs property acquisitions for Ballard, West Seattle light rail extensions

SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved new property acquisitions tied to the Ballard and West Seattle Link extensions, marking another step forward as the ...

Sound Transit officials chase more money to close $35B funding gap

Besides delaying projects, leaders might resort to 75-year bonds or a rental-car tax increase, among other ways to lower a ...
komonews

Nonprofits, Sound Transit talk Pierce County light rail future

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The timeline and the project details for light rail service connecting Tacoma and Federal Way are unclear while Sound Transit faces a $34.5 billion-dollar budget shortfall over ...
KING5

Ballard light rail extension faces possible cut due to Sound Transit budget shortfall

SEATTLE — The long‑awaited light rail extension to Ballard may not happen as planned. Sound Transit announced this week that budget shortfalls could force the agency to scale back the project, ...
The Urbanist

Seattle Sound Transit Leaders Rally to Avoid Light Rail Delays

At a Tuesday forum, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay, County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, ...

An elected Sound Transit board would ensure accountability

Sound Transit's board has permanent taxing authority, absolute discretion and no direct accountability to the voters paying ...