Sound Transit, serving the Seattle metropolitan area, will debut the first 6.5-mile segment of its $3.67-billion East Link Extension April 27, launching light-rail service along an eight-station route between South Bellevue and the Redmond Technology Center, both east of the city.
Project development continues in the state—with builder Equinor announcing a $600M Brooklyn port upgrade contract to Skanska—and elsewhere, with a new federal plan to lease up to 12
new US offshore wind sites through 2028.
Access to water played a critical role in the development of Los Angeles into one of the country’s largest cities. In 1900, it covered 61 square miles and had 102,000 residents.