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Washington's Sound Transit Agency Moves Ahead With $15B in Light Rail Expansions

April 12, 2022

Seattle-area Sound Transit, ENR California/Northwest Owner of the Year, completed a key light rail link in 2021 despite impending management changes and inflationary price hikes.

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Concrete Delivery Strike Impacts Big Seattle Transportation Projects

Federal mediation has begun in months-long strike of Teamster drivers

Tim Newcomb

February 24, 2022

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Ongoing labor dispute between King County, Wash., concrete suppliers and drivers represented by Teamsters Local 174 that has reduced or halted deliveries now is delaying Seattle-area projects such as multiple Sound Transit extensions and Washington State Convention Center addition.

Sound Transit Light Rail To Open Seattle Extension With Two Underground Stations

Tim Newcomb

September 22, 2021

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Northgate Link Extension is set for Oct. 2 opening as part of Puget Sound light rail expansion.

Key Portion of $3.7B Light-Rail Job Completed in Seattle

Tim Newcomb

August 20, 2020

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Atkinson constructed a tunnel nearly 4,000 ft long.

Seattle-Area Rail Crosses Freeways, Floating Bridges

Tim Newcomb

May 19, 2020

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Complex contracts and multiple project delivery methods drive Sound Transit's East Link rail project, which runs through tunnels and over freeways

Washington’s Sound Transit Temporarily Halts Most Construction

Erica Berardi

April 7, 2020

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Agency cites insufficient staffing to meet safety standards in temporary suspension of 80% of its capital construction to reduce COVID-19 risks.

FTA Grants Fund Light Rail in Federal Way, Rapid Bus in Portland

Tim Newcomb

February 3, 2020

A pair of Federal Transit Administration grants will help expand transit in the Pacific Northwest.

Northgate Link Nears Completion of Roosevelt Station Ahead of 2021 Service

Tim Newcomb

December 19, 2019

The new Roosevelt Station of Sound Transit's Northgate Link Extension is now more than 95 percent complete and quickly becoming a key component to showing that the 4.3-mile light rail extension north of downtown Seattle is on track to serve riders in 2021.

Sound Transit Wants Legal Fight to Decide Fate of Projects After State’s Initiative 976 Passage

Tim Newcomb

December 2, 2019

When Washington state voters passed Initiative 976, which cuts car-tab fees down to a $30 cap, transportation agencies across the state had sharp reactions.