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Please attend a public meeting on May 20, 2008, 6:00 pm,  at the Beacon Hill Library, to report on construction updates and progress.

Sound Transit has completed the environmental review and documentation process under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for the Kirkland Transit Center project.  A SEPA Checklist and SEPA Addendum were prepared and a detailed noise study was conducted.  Sound Transit issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under SEPA on May 12, 2008.  The SEPA documents and noise study are available for review. The environmental documents/determinations related to this project are available here >>>

Starting as early as Monday, May 19th for approximately three weeks -- S. Walden Street will be closed 24-hours a day to eastbound and westbound traffic to allow RCI-Herzog to replace concrete and install trackway. 

Starting as early as Monday, May 12th 2008, 42nd Ave S. at Southcenter Blvd. (1,000 feet south on 42nd) will be closed to northbound and southbound traffic for approximately 7 days.  Sound Transit’s contractor will install power lines under-ground.

Safety bulletin: as Link prepares for testing the new light rail trains, the overhead electrical lines that power the trains are being suspended above the tracks in the center of Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Consider these wires energized or “hot” at all times. Any contact with the overhead power lines can cause serious injury or death. If you see a downed power line, call 9-1-1, stay away, consider it hot and dangerous.

As early as April 7, 2008 Sound Transit's contractor Obayashi Corporation will temporarily close S. Winthrop Street/Cheasty Blvd. S at 27th Avenue, near the Mount Baker Station to install a new storm drain. Click on the update for details and detour information.

Environmental review and planning is underway for the proposed East Link project, which would expand light rail from downtown Seattle to the Eastside with new stations serving Mercer Island, south Bellevue, downtown Bellevue, Bel-Red/Overlake and Redmond. This Update describes the project background, benefits, and next steps.

Sound Transit formally transmitted its application for a full funding grant agreement (FFGA) for University Link to the Federal Transit Administration on January 31, 2008. The FFGA opens the door for $750 million dollars of federal funding toward completion of University Link.