Project update
Project design video update
Just when the Downtown Redmond Link Extension project team was about to kick off a spring open house we were all ordered to stay home. Since then the project team has been working hard to bring the…
Project update
Sound Transit's design build contractor releases early design images for future downtown Redmond station
The design team has released its first set of drawings for Downtown Redmond Station to the City's design review board. Sound Transit's contractor used design requirements developed in partnership…
Project update
Drilling work will block lanes and trail near SR 520
Sound Transit’s design team is preparing for construction of the light rail extension into downtown Redmond. Drill rig crews will be working at various locations along the alignments for the next…

Project update
Downtown Redmond Link Extension updates
Sound Transit and its project partners ceremonially kicked off the Downtown Redmond Link light rail extension project this week. Elected officials and other dignitaries gathered with golden shovels…
News release
Sound Transit breaks ground on Downtown Redmond Link Extension
Extension of the Blue Line will add two new stations, 1,400 parking spaces in southeast Redmond Sound Transit and its partners today celebrated the start of construction of the 3.4-mile Downtown…
News release
Sound Transit selects Stacy and Witbeck/Kuney, a Joint Venture, to build Downtown Redmond Link Extension
The Sound Transit Board of Directors today selected Stacy and Witbeck/Kuney, a Joint Venture, to complete final design and build the Downtown Redmond Link Extension. The project will extend the Blue…

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Building quality transit takes quality time
The Seattle Times recently published an article titled “Could Sound Transit build light rail faster? It wouldn’t be easy.” It’s a question the public asked three years ago when Sound Transit…
Project update
Downtown Redmond Link Extension project update
The Downtown Redmond Link Extension project will build a 3.4 mile extension of light rail to downtown Redmond from the Redmond Technology Station currently under construction in Overlake.…
Project update
Please complete a questionnaire regarding light rail to Downtown Redmond
Light rail is coming to Downtown Redmond. Over the past two years, Sound Transit and the City of Redmond have engaged the community on topics such as alignment, station locations, preliminary station…
News release
Sound Transit Board selects final Downtown Redmond Link Extension alignment
Final route incorporates changes Board requested in 2017 to separate trains from traffic and pedestrians. The Sound Transit Board today selected an elevated light rail alignment in downtown Redmond…