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Project update

A Link light rail train travels on an elevated track to Mountlake Terrace station.

The Everett Link Draft EIS is coming 

The Everett Link Extension team has been hard at work on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and we are getting close to finalizing it. Although we do not have an official publication date yet, we expect to publish the Draft EIS this fall. This will mark an important milestone for our project, as the Draft EIS will:

• Describe how the alternatives are likely to affect the natural and built environments.
• Share key findings for you to compare alternatives.
• Summarize outreach efforts with from the public, Tribes, and local, state, and federal agencies as well as feedback received during scoping.

When we publish the Draft EIS, we will open a 45-day public comment period where you can share your feedback. Make sure you're signed up for our mailing list to receive notification of the official publication date, upcoming public meetings, and ways to comment once we have more information.

Enterprise Initiative

You should have received an email about the Enterprise Initiative last Friday that asked for your feedback. To fulfill the vision for regionwide transit that voters approved in ST3, we must adapt, and we want to hear from you.

As we shared in that email, Sound Transit is facing a series of financial challenges, including rising construction costs, increased operations and maintenance expenses, and lower-than-projected revenue forecasts. Without taking action to reduce costs, the ST3 Plan, which Everett Link is a part of, will become unaffordable.  

Sound Transit is proactively addressing these challenges through the Enterprise Initiative, a comprehensive agencywide effort aimed at delivering the maximum benefits of ST3 within available financial capacity. Given the scale of the cost pressures on Sound Transit’s system expansion plan, staff and Board members will also need to look at scope changes and project phasing. This work includes project-level strategies, such as optimizing Link station designs to reduce cost and complexity while maintaining a great rider experience. Learn more about the Enterprise Initiative.

You can expect to hear more from us as Enterprise Initiative work ramps up throughout the year. In the meantime, share your thoughts via our survey.

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