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Sound Transit, officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, was established in 1993 to build a regional mass transit system pending approval from voters. [2] After an unsuccessful ballot measure in 1995, the " Sound Move " plan was approved on November 5, 1996, financing the construction and operation of a $3.9 billion light ...
The second phase of the regional transit plan, a 20-year program named Sound Transit 2 (ST2), was adopted by the Sound Transit Board in May 2007. It would cost $10.8 billion in 2006 dollars (equivalent to $15.7 billion in 2023 dollars) [ 46 ] and include 50 miles (80 km) of light rail expansion, the First Hill Streetcar, and planning for ...
In 2024, Sound Transit and HNTB proposed a cable-stayed bridge design that would be 1,690 feet (520 m) long and have two towers that are 374 feet (114 m) tall. [7] The western end of the line would be tunneled between Alaska Junction and Avalon stations, where trains would begin to use an elevated guideway. [ 8 ]
The 2 Line, also known as the East Link Extension, is a light rail line serving the Eastside region of the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.It is part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system and runs for 6.6 miles (10.6 km) in the cities of Bellevue and Redmond.
The project, once scheduled to open in 2024, will now open in 2025.
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The draft plan for Sound Transit 3, a ballot measure for light rail expansion, was revised in May 2016 to include $80 million for an infill station at NE 130th Street that could open in 2031. Earlier plans had listed the station as provisional, deferred until additional funding could be found, but lobbying to the Sound Transit Board by Seattle ...
As of 2024, Sound Transit has two light rail projects under construction that will expand the network to 62 miles (100 km) by 2026: [14] the western segment of the 2 Line scheduled to open in 2025 with two new stations; the Downtown Redmond Link Extension, scheduled to open in 2025 with two stations in Redmond on the 2 Line; [15] and the Federal Way Link Extension, scheduled to open in 2026 ...