Ballard Link Extension
Serving regional jobs, dense neighborhoods

News and updates

The Ballard Link Extension will provide fast, reliable light rail connections to dense residential and job centers throughout the region. A new downtown Seattle light rail tunnel will also provide capacity for the entire regional system to operate efficiently. Stay engaged and let us know what you think.

West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions project update illustration

West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions scoping online open house

Share your thoughts by April 2!

Public comment period for West Seattle, Ballard light rail project begins, open houses scheduled

Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) invite public and agency comment on route and station alternatives for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions project. Comments…

Scoping begins today! Share your comments by March 18

Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration have officially…

West Seattle and Ballard Elected Leadership Group meeting, 2/1/2019

Agenda View the document archive for project-related documents.

West Seattle and Ballard Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting, 1/30/2019

Agenda View the document archive for project-related documents.

So long 2018, hello 2019!

Since early 2018, we’ve been working with the public to develop route…

West Seattle and Ballard Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting, 1/9/2019

View the document archive for project-related documents. Meeting #11 materials

First look at Level 3 "end-to-end" options

On November 5, the Stakeholder Advisory Group got their first look at the “end-to-end” alternatives with routes and stations. Until now, all alternatives have been developed and studied in four…

Elected officials make recommendations for Level 3

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…

It's not too late to comment! Go online now through Sept. 23

  Thanks to everyone who spent time with us at our most recent round of neighborhood forums! Your feedback will be shared with our…