Constructions Begins on Seaway Transit Center
Swift Green Line gets full federal funding
The first phase of the
Swift Green Line project is underway.
This week, construction work started on the Seaway Transit Center across from the main gate to the
Boeing Everett plant. This center will be a hub for Paine Field-area bus
service and the northern terminal for the Swift
Green Line.
The Swift Green Line will connect the Boeing/Paine Field aerospace manufacturing
area in Everett with the Canyon
Park technology center in Bothell. With fewer stops and buses every 10 minutes,
the Swift Green
Line will provide a rail-like alternative for workers and shoppers in Bothell,
Mill Creek and south Everett to choose transit instead of driving their cars.
The Seaway Transit Center is expected
to open in mid-to late 2018. The Swift Green Line is scheduled to begin operation in early 2019.
This week, Congress passed a 2017
federal spending bill that includes $43.1 million for the Swift Green Line. This completes funding on the $73 million
project, which will bring hundreds of jobs to the region.
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 Congressional Spending Bill Provides Funding for Swift Green Line
With final passage of a 2017 federal spending bill this week, full funding for the Swift Green Line is guaranteed. A letter of no prejudice Community Transit obtained from the Federal Transit Administration earlier this year allowed the agency to begin construction on the Seaway Transit Center this month, and the 128th Street widening project scheduled to start in June. But with the federal bill approved, the agency can now move forward with building the 31 stations and various road improvements that will enable the Swift Green Line to open on time in early 2019.
This week’s actions in Washington, D.C. culminate a great deal of behind-the-scenes work to guarantee federal transit funding, said Community Transit Chief of External Affairs Todd Morrow in his legislative report to the Board of Directors yesterday.
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 Service Expansion set for September
The Community Transit Board of
Directors yesterday approved a plan to increase bus service by 6 percent
starting this September, including two routes that will serve the Boeing-Paine
Field area from south Snohomish County.
The plan will also add more trips to
downtown Seattle and UW, and improve Sunday bus service with more frequent
buses and later hours on some routes. The final plan differs from a proposal
offered to riders in March, based on customer feedback. All changes will be
effective this fall, except for the extension of late-night Sunday service,
which will take effect in March 2018.
Read details here.
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 Community Transit reaches out to students about careers in transit
More than 120 students participated in
the April 27 Trade Up careers event at Marysville Pilchuck High School.
Community Transit brought a 60-foot bus for them to explore.
Driver Devan Hogan and Mechanic
Apprentice Cooper Meston answered questions about what their every day job
entails and how they can prepare for a job driving or fixing a large vehicle.
Students especially enjoyed looking at the bus engine.
Marysville Mayor Jon
Nehring and Stanwood Mayor Leonard Kelley, both Community Transit Board
members, were on hand at the event.
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If you have any questions, please email TheRouteAhead@commtrans.org.
 Emmett Heath, CEO
Community Transit
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