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Track demolition and restoration work continues on schedule. The S. 60th St. crossing will close to traffic on November 16, for one week.

Track demolition and restoration work is finishing this week on the segment of track between the S. Union Ave overpass and S. 35th St. and section of work around S. 50th St. This completes work needed during the approved 10 day track outage and rail service will be restored by the end of this week.

Next week, track demolition and restoration work continues on the section of track south of the S. Union Ave overpass and S. 35th St. Also, crews will begin to construct a retaining wall adjacent to the tracks and next to Bradken-Atlas near S. Wilkeson St.

Beginning November 16, track work is expected to begin around the street crossing at S. 60th Street and will close the crossing to vehicles for five days. The crossing should reopen by the end of the week.

Excavation work between Steilacoom Blvd. SW and 108th St is being completed as equipment and crews are available. The installation of new signal crossing gates at S. Pine St and S. 35th St should be completed by the end of next week.

Transit Center Construction Set to Start, 3rd Street to Close. Construction is ready to begin on the Kirkland Transit Center project in downtown Kirkland. Bayley Construction has been selected as the contractor for the project and URS Corp will provide construction management services.

Bayley Construction has mobilized on site and a portion of Park Ave has closed to accommodate construction field offices and for construction staging space. 3rd Street between Kirkland Ave and Central Way will close to southbound traffic on November 16. One northbound lane on 3rd St. will remain open to vehicles throughout construction. Bus service was relocated to stops on Central Way and 6th St. in September.

The weekend of Nov. 7 Sound Transit crews will remove a temporary wall comprised of interlocking metal sheets called sheet piles. The sheet pile wall which is about 60ft long by 20ft high will be vibrated out of place along the shoulder of southbound I-5 next to the Pike-Pine reversible HOV ramp.

The Yale Avenue on-ramp to southbound I-5 and the right lane of southbound I-5 between Yale Avenue and Union Street will close from 8:00 a.m.until11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 to create a safe work zone during the sheet pile wall removal. The off-ramp from southbound I-5 to Union St will remain open. This work is anticipated to take one day to complete.

For more information about this project, contact Erin Hunter at (888)298-2395 or erin.hunter@soundtransit.org. Complete project information is online here>>>

Highlights of this issue include: Capitol Hill Station: Transit Oriented Development Community Forum • Burke Gilman Trail and Partial Montlake Boulevard Closures • Upcoming Activities in Cal Anderson Park • I-5 Undercrossing Update • Capitol Hill Construction Update Meeting Presentation

As part of the D-to-M Streets Track and Signal Project, renderings combine photos of existing conditions in downtown Tacoma and the planned tracks, signals and bridges that will move Sounder service farther south.

The new three-dimensional renderings show Sounder train tracks connecting the Tacoma Dome and South Tacoma stations. A Pacific Avenue Bridge is shown crossing over the avenue and under Interstate 705. The D-to-M streets project makes it possible for Sounder commuter rail to serve Lakewood and South Tacoma.

Join in a discussion about transit oriented development after construction is complete on the Capitol Hill Link light rail station. This is the third in a series of quarterly community forums exploring future transit oriented development concepts at the station site.

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, 6– 8 p.m., Century Ballroom, 915 E. Pine St.

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Track removal and replacement continues, S. Alaska and S. Chandler crossings reopen to traffic

Track replacement work continues north of S. 50th as crews prepare to construct new track in this segment.  As work on the spur track that serves the Bradken-Atlas foundry is completed this week, activity will shift to the mainline in this area when track removal begins next week.  Track removal and replacement work will begin on the section of track between S. Pine St. and the S. Union Ave. overpass next week and the work is expected to impact rail service for two weeks as coordinated with Tacoma Rail. 

As equipment and crews are available, excavation work between Steilacoom Blvd SW and 108th St will be completed over the next month. 

Street crossings at S. Alaska and S. Chandler streets have reopened to traffic and will remain open as work continues for several weeks to complete the crossing and signal systems.

For more information about the project visit our project page or contact Roger Iwata via email or at 206-689-4904.

Sound Transit is currently designing the East Link preferred alternative, which includes making modifications that were identified by the Sound Transit Board of Directors in May 2009. Sound Transit's East Link project team is seeking public participation at interactive workshops focused on advancing preliminary engineering.

At the work shop you can: • Learn about the East Link light rail system • Provide feedback to inform the preliminary engineering of the project • Tell us more about your community and how East Link can best serve you.

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In 2008, the state legislature directed Sound Transit and the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) to complete a feasibility study to “determine whether commuter rail service between eastern Snohomish County and eastern King County…can be a meaningful component of the region’s future transportation system”.  The study was completed in January 2009.  It was determined that commuter rail on the Eastside BNSF is feasible and could be a meaningful component of the region’s future transportation system.  See this PDF file for a brief summary of the analysis.

The feasibility study materials and reports are available on the PSRC website at www.psrc.org/projects/bnsf/reports.htm