State gets feds' environmental OK for second I-405 toll lane
The state has cleared the final environmental review to build another toll lane in each direction on I-405 between King and Snohomish counties.
At the same time, Sound Transit is sorting out changes and delays to its planned 37-mile bus rapid transit system on the freeway and eight-mile line on Highway 522.
The Federal Highway Administration issued a finding of no significant impact in July for the $600 million undertaking.
“It doesn’t mean there’s no impacts,” Washington Department of Transportation Deputy Program Administrator Rob Woeck said. “It means there’s no impact that isn’t mitigated, or is insignificant.”
The highway expansion for about 5 miles between Highway 522 to Highway 527 was supposed to open in 2025, but the pandemic and higher costs have pushed that out two years, WSDOT staff said.
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