Articles by Tim Newcomb

The 14-mile Sound Transit East Link light rail extension remains on track for a 2023 launch of the Blue Line.

Home to the largest ferry terminal building in the state, Colman Dock’s upgrades coincide with the new tunnel and viaduct removal work near the waterfront. 

As Seattle's new State Route 99 tunnel welcomes vehicle traffic, crews continue to demolish the aging (it opened in 1953) and vulnerable Alaskan Way Viaduct along the waterfront. 

The laboratory is the first major Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant facility to complete systems turnover work.

The Federal Transit Authority jumpstarted planning on a proposed 2.3-mile route of new track for the Portland Streetcar in Slabtown.

The project is part of a 10-year plan by Metro Vancouver’s Mayors Council and will add 3.5 miles and six stations to the light rail Millennium Line.

The first phase of the next series of 520 projects in the Rest of the West package begins this spring, covering the area west of Lake Washington and the floating bridge. 

With the Pattullo Bridge project down to three teams, the design-build-finance model continues forward on the new project. 

A poll showing strong voter support encourages Metro government to ask for a transportation tax in 2020.