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Project update

Join us in October at the West Seattle Link Extension Station Planning Forum.

Join us: West Seattle Link Extension Station Planning Forum

Please join us on Wednesday, Oct. 25 to see updated designs for future light rail stations in West Seattle and SODO and share your ideas and feedback.

In the summer of 2022, the Sound Transit Board identified a preferred alternative for the West Seattle Link Extension (WSLE). The project team has worked to design the four proposed stations along the alignment, taking into account the community’s input since the start of the project in 2018. This fall, we will share our station design progress and gather community feedback on concepts for access, urban design, and transit-oriented development at the station. Your input will help us advance the design for station areas in collaboration with the City of Seattle and other agency partners.

In early 2024, we will report on our findings and share how your input influenced the design of the stations in West Seattle and SODO. Stay tuned! More information will be shared later in the fall.

Save-the-date:

• Date: Wednesday, Oct. 25
• Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Location: Alki Masonic Center, 4736 40th Avenue SW

If you can’t join us in-person, we will be hosting an online survey on our online open house. We will provide notice through another project update email when the survey is live.

Additionally, we are continuing our ongoing environmental review process. The WSLE Final EIS is expected to be published in late spring or summer of 2024. Following the WSLE Final EIS publication, the Sound Transit Board will select the final project to be built, and the Federal Transit Administration will issue a Record of Decision. For more information about the next steps in project development please read our latest Platform blog post.

Stay current with the West Seattle Link and Ballard Link Extensions projects here.

按此了解有關West Seattle Link及Ballard Link擴展項目的最新資訊。

请在此处获取有关West Seattle Link和Ballard Link扩展项目的最新消息。

Tìm hiểu về các Dự án Mở Rộng Tuyến West Seattle Link và Ballard Link trên trang web dự án của chúng tôi.

Manténgase informado sobre los Proyectos de extensiones de Link a West Seattle y Ballard aquí.

Ballard Link Extension Timeline Updates

An update on Sound Transit’s Ballard Link Extension environmental review timeline.

Since the Sound Transit Board identified preferred alternatives for the Ballard Link Extension (BLE) during the March 2023 and July 2023 board meetings, we thought it would be a good idea to provide an update about the project. Our new Platform blog post has updates about the new BLE Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and overall project timeline.

Here are some highlights:

• We are still coordinating with our federal partners on the timeline, but we expect the new BLE Draft EIS will be published in late 2024.
• The new BLE Draft EIS publication will include a comment period. This will build upon, and incorporate, the existing work to date on the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extension Draft EIS. The draft will include all previous scoping comments, public outreach and feedback and environmental analysis.
• The Sound Transit Board will select the final project to be built, after the Final BLE Draft EIS is published. We are anticipating this in 2026.

Stay current with the West Seattle Link and Ballard Link Extensions projects here.
按此了解有關West Seattle Link及Ballard Link擴展項目的最新資訊。
请在此处获取有关West Seattle Link和Ballard Link扩展项目的最新消息。
Tìm hiểu về các Dự án Mở Rộng Tuyến West Seattle Link và Ballard Link trên trang web dự án của chúng tôi.
Manténgase informado sobre los Proyectos de extensiones de Link a West Seattle y Ballard aquí.

More project info:  wsblink.participate.online

Get in touch: wsblink@soundtransit.org or 206-903-7229