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Updated 05/21/2008: The closure of 42nd Avenue South has been extended another week through 05/30/08.

Safety bulletin: In the past several weeks, two fatalities involving trains operated by other entities have occurred on BNSF Railway Co. tracks in south King County. Both deaths involved pedestrians reportedly crossing the tracks in undesignated areas while talking on cell phones. Freight and passenger trains, including Sounder, are much quieter than most people realize. You may not hear a train coming. Please review the update and stay safe & sound.

Please attend a public meeting on May 20, 2008, 6:00 pm,  at the Beacon Hill Library, to report on construction updates and progress.

Sound Transit has completed the environmental review and documentation process under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for the Kirkland Transit Center project.  A SEPA Checklist and SEPA Addendum were prepared and a detailed noise study was conducted.  Sound Transit issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under SEPA on May 12, 2008.  The SEPA documents and noise study are available for review. The environmental documents/determinations related to this project are available here >>>

Starting as early as Monday, May 19th for approximately three weeks -- S. Walden Street will be closed 24-hours a day to eastbound and westbound traffic to allow RCI-Herzog to replace concrete and install trackway. 

Safety bulletin: as Link prepares for testing the new light rail trains, the overhead electrical lines that power the trains are being suspended above the tracks in the center of Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Consider these wires energized or “hot” at all times. Any contact with the overhead power lines can cause serious injury or death. If you see a downed power line, call 9-1-1, stay away, consider it hot and dangerous.

As early as April 7, 2008 Sound Transit's contractor Obayashi Corporation will temporarily close S. Winthrop Street/Cheasty Blvd. S at 27th Avenue, near the Mount Baker Station to install a new storm drain. Click on the update for details and detour information.

Environmental review and planning is underway for the proposed East Link project, which would expand light rail from downtown Seattle to the Eastside with new stations serving Mercer Island, south Bellevue, downtown Bellevue, Bel-Red/Overlake and Redmond. This Update describes the project background, benefits, and next steps.

Sound Transit formally transmitted its application for a full funding grant agreement (FFGA) for University Link to the Federal Transit Administration on January 31, 2008. The FFGA opens the door for $750 million dollars of federal funding toward completion of University Link.