East Link Extension
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News and updates

Approaching the finish line: New I-90 HOV lanes scheduled to open first weekend in June

Express lanes will close permanently to vehicle traffic the weekend of June 3 This news release was issued jointly by the Washington State Department of Transportation, Sound Transit. SEATTLE – In…

BelRed construction kickoff open house

Construction of the East Link light rail project is getting underway in BelRed. Join us at an open house on June 13, 2017 to learn more about light rail construction activities between 124th Avenue…

BelRed updates: 124th Avenue NE to NE 20th Street

Sound Transit contractors continue to prepare the construction work zone for East Link in the BelRed area between approximately 124th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 20th Street. While demolition of…

Weekend closure of the Overlake Transit Center

In order to create enough space to build the future Redmond Technology Center Station, construction crews will reconfigure the bus and shuttle loop at the Overlake Transit Center. This weekend (May…

Westbound I-90 reduced to one lane across Lake Washington this weekend, May 19-22

This news release was issued jointly by the Washington State Department of Transportation, Sound Transit. BELLEVUE – Beginning at 11 p.m. tomorrow, May 19, westbound Interstate 90 will be reduced to…

Plan ahead – New I-90 HOV lanes to open, express lanes to close

During the weekend of June 3, WSDOT and Sound Transit are scheduled to open a new HOV lane in each direction on Interstate 90 between Mercer Island and Seattle and permanently close the center…

Sound Transit to host public meeting to kick off East Link extension to downtown Redmond

Public invited to learn about project design, route and timeline Sound Transit will hold an open house this week in Redmond about the Downtown Redmond Link Extension, scheduled to open in 2024.…

Mercer Island intersection work to begin as early as May 17

Sound Transit and its contractors will begin work to improve four intersections on Mercer Island ahead of the scheduled June 3 closure of the center roadway express lanes. These improvements are…

Downtown Bellevue tunneling update

Excavation of the downtown Bellevue light rail tunnel began in February 2017 and construction crews have been working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on tunnel construction ever since. View the photos…

East Link construction in central Bellevue continues this spring

‘Meet the Contractor’ open house: Tuesday, June 6 While construction of the downtown Bellevue tunnel continues, Sound Transit will begin…