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MITI Online Open House Comment Period Now Closed

Thank you for your feedback We hope you’ve had a chance to check out the MITI 60% design online open house. The comment period for the open house is now closed. Thank you for sharing your thoughts…

Mercer Island Transit Interchange project update photo

MITI design: Let us know what you think!

Weigh in on Sound Transit’s MITI design We’re excited to share the progress we’ve made on the MITI design using community input, and we want to hear your thoughts. Visit our online open house…

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MITI Online Open House Launching June 8

Sound Transit is integrating bus transit service with light rail We’re designing transit connection improvements on Mercer Island, along North Mercer Way, 77th Avenue SE and 80th Avenue SE. As an…

Overnight closure Saturday on SR 520 in Redmond for East Link work

Starting at 9 p.m. Saturday, May 30, construction crews building light rail between Seattle and Redmond will lift a steel-truss pedestrian bridge segment into place over eastbound SR 520 between…

HOV ramp closures at Island Crest Way

In order to perform landscaping work near the Mercer Island Station over the next two weeks crews will be closing down the eastbound and westbound HOV off-ramps to Island Crest Way. The closures will…

Westbound SR 520 closure at NE 40th Street in Redmond Saturday night, May 16

Saturday night, May 16, construction crews working to build light rail from Seattle to Redmond will lift a steel truss pedestrian bridge segment into place over westbound SR 520 between 148th Avenue…

HOV ramp closures at Island Crest Way

The Island Crest Way westbound I-90 HOV on-ramp and the eastbound I-90 HOV off-ramp are scheduled to be closed Monday, May 11 – Friday, May 22 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Crews will be landscaping near…

POSTPONED 110th Avenue NE pavement restoration in downtown Bellevue

Due to changing weather conditions the scheduled weekend 110th Avenue Northeast pavement restoration have been postponed. We will reschedule this work to a later date. Thank you for your patience.…

POSTPONED - Nighttime full closures on NE 8th Street in downtown Bellevue

The nighttime full closures on NE 8th Street originally scheduled for Monday, April 6th to Thursday April 9th, has been postponed until further notice. We will reschedule the work to a later date.…

Lane closures on NE 8th Street in downtown Bellevue on March 30th 

Beginning on Monday, March 30th, crews will be performing curb work to build a median island on Northeast 8th Street between 116th Avenue Northeast and 120th Avenue Northeast. To perform this work,…