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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 03 October 2017 - 07:59 AM

Progressive Railroading, 9/29/17:

 

Sound Transit OKs plan to add two light-rail extensions

 

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The agency's board has established a preliminary engineering budget for the projects. Photo – Sound Transit.

 

Sound Transit's board yesterday agreed to move forward with the proposed West Seattle and Ballard Link light-rail extensions, and established a $285.9 million preliminary engineering budget for the projects.

The extensions will bring light rail to some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the region, Sound Transit officials said in a press release.

 

SNIP

 

The first extension will run 4.7 miles from West Seattle to downtown Seattle; the second one will run 7.1 miles from Ballard to downtown Seattle.

 

More here.

 

Sound Transit:  West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

 

Cross posted in ST3 - Ballard Link Extension/downtown Seattle Light Rail Tunnel: 2035



#2 CNJRoss

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Posted 03 October 2017 - 08:00 AM

Progressive Railroading, 9/29/17:

 
Sound Transit OKs plan to add two light-rail extensions

 

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The agency's board has established a preliminary engineering budget for the projects. Photo – Sound Transit.

 

Sound Transit's board yesterday agreed to move forward with the proposed West Seattle and Ballard Link light-rail extensions, and established a $285.9 million preliminary engineering budget for the projects.

The extensions will bring light rail to some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the region, Sound Transit officials said in a press release.

 

SNIP

 

The first extension will run 4.7 miles from West Seattle to downtown Seattle; the second one will run 7.1 miles from Ballard to downtown Seattle.

 

More here.

 

Sound Transit:  West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

 

Cross posted in ST3 - West Seattle Link Extension:  2030



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Posted 12 February 2018 - 11:05 AM

 

 

Seattle area starts $6.7B light rail and tunnel projects

 

https://www.construc...rojects/516815/



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Posted 21 February 2018 - 01:39 AM

Planning is starting to ramp up for these two extensions, which will necessitate a new bored tunnel under downtown Seattle (Fifth Avenue), as the current tunnel under Third Avenue couldn't possible handle the load, even after the buses currently sharing the tunnel are expelled.  So the narrow area that is downtown will be "riddled" with three tunnels.  I live in Ballard so I hope I will live to see the completed route.  Yes, I'm getting to that age....From the Seattle Times.


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Posted 21 February 2018 - 07:49 AM

 

 

Groups push for light rail tunnel into Ballard and new Interbay route

 

The first wave of light rail feedback from Ballard neighbors has focused on Sound Transit’s plans to build a movable bridge over Salmon Bay.

http://www.myballard...interbay-route/

The planned Stadium Station shown on the video route map overlay indicates that light rail patrons would have a significant walk to the two sports venues nearby. In addition, there is a freeway that those folks would have to traverse, either by bridge or subway.  That's a deterrent to transit use, in my view.  Arenas and stadia, IMO, should be on-site transit stops as they are major trip generators.  

 

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Posted 21 February 2018 - 10:55 AM

Here is a nice schematic of the downtown routing.  Basically the Link system will be realigned into two separate routes, one Blue and one Red.  There will be three stations, including International District/Chinatown and Westlake, where transfers between the two can be made.  The current line from the airport will be shunted to the new tunnel just south of Stadium station (and then continue to Ballard).  The new line from West Seattle will use the current tunnel.  It does appear that the realigned route from the airport will lose its station at the stadiums.  But the walking distance from the International District/Chinatown to Century Link Field is in fact shorter than from Stadium station.  For Safeco Field, one could transfer at SODO to the current Stadium station (from which it is a short walk to the Safe) or walk a little farther from ID/Chinatown--easy for the able-bodied.  All walking on the surface or ramp.  No highways to cross.  BTW, Safeco Insurance company and the Seattle Mariners did not renew the company's naming rights, so Safeco Field will be no more after the 2018 season.

 

From Sound Transit.


Edited by Lightning, 21 February 2018 - 11:12 AM.

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Posted 07 September 2018 - 11:33 AM

ST news release:

 
Sound Transit to hold open houses on route, station alternatives for West Seattle, Ballard light rail extensions
Sep 5, 2018
 

Public meetings, website provide chance to weigh in on early analysis and help narrow alternatives 

 

 

Sound Transit is kicking off a second round of public meetings and online input for the West Seattle and Ballard Link light rail extensions, seeking the public’s help to narrow route and station alternatives to help inform the Sound Transit Board in identifying a preferred alternative by next spring.

 

Sound Transit will present preliminary results of its technical evaluation work to-date at these upcoming open houses/neighborhood forums:

 

West Seattle
9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Seattle Lutheran High School Gym, 4100 SW Genesse St.
 
Downtown Seattle
5:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Union Station’s Ruth Fisher Boardroom, 401 S Jackson St.
 
Ballard-Interbay
5:30-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17 at Ballard Eagleson VFW, 2812 NW Market St.

 

People unable to attend an open house can review alternatives and provide comment online at www.wsblink.participate.online.

 

Work continues by Stakeholder Advisory Group and Elected Leadership Group members to advise the Sound Transit Board on narrowing alternatives. The process for recommending the most promising alternatives to carry forward into a third and final round of technical analysis before environmental review will consider community input and criteria such as cost, construction complexity, the time needed to complete the project, and environmental and community impacts, among other factors. 

 

The technical analysis completed so far follows months of intensive work to accelerate project development by analyzing, evaluating and narrowing down alternatives to study further during the environmental phase of the project. Along with other system expansion projects approved by voters in 2016, the West Seattle and Ballard light rail extensions are under aggressive timelines to reach West Seattle by 2030 and Ballard by 2035—three years earlier than originally planned.

 

To speed up project delivery, Sound Transit overhauled its project development and public engagement process by working with stakeholders, elected leaders and communities sooner and more intensively than it had previously done on other projects. Sound Transit leaders consider robust public involvement essential to not only reducing overall project delivery time by reaching early public consensus on a preferred alternative, but also to reducing the risk of new alternatives being introduced late in the environmental review process or after the environmental process is complete.

 

The Sound Transit 3 (ST3) representative project is itself based on extensive planning and public involvement work, including high-capacity transit studies, the process to update the agency’s long-range plan, and the work to develop the ST3 Plan. Early scoping work—the first round of public involvement that resulted in refinements to the representative project and formed an initial set of alternatives to study in Level 1 analysis—occurred in February and March. Level 2 analysis began in May. Level 3 analysis will begin later this fall. 

 

An outline of the Community Engagement Guide is available at www.soundtransit.org/wsblinkceg

 

Sound Transit will continue to engage the advisory groups and the public through spring 2019. The Sound Transit Board will identify a preferred alternative, as well as other alternatives, to evaluate in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in April and make a final decision on the project to be built after environmental review is complete. 

 

More information on the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions is available at www.soundtransit.org/wsblink.

 

In addition to the West Seattle and Ballard Link light rail extensions, Sound Transit is simultaneously working to extend light rail north, south and east, opening new stations every few years to form a 116-mile regional system by 2041. The agency is on track to open extensions to Seattle’s University District, Roosevelt and Northgate neighborhoods in 2021, followed by service to Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond’s Overlake area in 2023. Additional extensions to Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood, Kent/Des Moines, Federal Way and downtown Redmond are planned in 2024. Further light rail extensions are scheduled to reach Fife and Tacoma in 2030; Paine Field and Everett in 2036; and South Kirkland and Issaquah in 2041. 

 

The agency is also working on critical expansions to southline Sounder service and the 2024 launch of bus rapid transit service along the north, east and south sides of Lake Washington. More information is available at https://systemexpans...oundtransit.org.

 

 



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Posted 07 September 2018 - 09:47 PM

KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA, 9/6/18:

 


 

Light rail to West Seattle and Ballard could get way pricier

 

 

Expanding light rail to West Seattle, Ballard and elsewhere could get more expensive — a lot more expensive.

 

 

Update here.



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Posted 09 September 2018 - 05:45 PM

9/7/18

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Project update

 

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Ready, set, go! See the latest light rail options online now

 

In-person events start this weekend!

We’re kicking off the second round of neighborhood forums with the launch of our online open house, available now through September 23 — 24/7. Visit this interactive site to view the latest route and station options, or “alternatives,” and share your feedback.

 

Prefer to see everything in-person and speak with project staff face-to-face? Join us at one of our upcoming neighborhood forums where you can view printed maps and materials, participate in small group discussions and share insights with your neighbors and project staff.

 

West Seattle: Saturday, Sept. 8, 9 – 11:30 a.m. at Seattle Lutheran High School Gym

 

Downtown Seattle: Tuesday, Sept. 11, 5:30 – 8 p.m. at Union Station Ruth Fisher Boardroom

 

Ballard-Interbay: Monday, Sept. 17, 5:30 – 8 p.m. at Ballard Eagleson VFW

Get started

 
 

Upcoming events

Neighborhood Forums on Sept. 8, Sept. 11, and Sept. 17

Chinatown/International District Night Market on Sept. 8

Fishermen's Fall Festival on Sept. 15

Sustainable Ballard Festival on Sept. 22

Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting on Sept. 26

 

Stay connected

Watch for future project updates. Forward this to your friends, family, neighbors and people in your community! Encourage them to subscribe.

Request a briefing. If you are part of a business or community organization that would like to host a briefing, get in touch.

Reach out

 

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Posted 12 October 2018 - 12:24 PM

10/10/18

 

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Project update

 

Elected officials make recommendations for Level 3

 

 

On October 5, the Elected Leadership Group (ELG) made recommendations on which alternatives, or route and station options, will move forward to Level 3 screening. How’d they get there? After review and much deliberation of the Level 2 alternatives, evaluation results, public feedback and Stakeholder Advisory Group recommendations.

 

What’s next? The project team starts work on refining the remaining options for Level 3 work. Up until this point, options have been developed and evaluated in four segments: Ballard, Downtown, Chinatown-International District/SODO and West Seattle. Now these segment options will be connected into “end-to-end” alternatives for more analysis. Later in October, the Sound Transit Board is scheduled to be briefed on the Elected Leadership Group’s recommendations.

 

See ELG recommendations

 

 






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