WA: Light-Rail Stations Could Open Sooner Under New Sound Transit Plan

From Everett to Federal Way and Redmond to Ballard and West Seattle, light-rail service would start a few years earlier than Sound Transit had proposed in March. New finance strategies make it possible, says the agency, which is preparing the November ballot measure.

Light-rail extensions would be built faster than originally proposed, with Everett getting service in 2036, five years sooner than Sound Transit had announced, and Federal Way and Redmond coming online as soon as 2024, under a revised plan released Thursday.

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