Snohomish County leaders reject light rail routes bypassing Paine Field
EVERETT — Some Snohomish County leaders rejected calls to study Highway 99 and I-5 light rail options that would skip the Boeing and Paine Field area in a Sound Transit group meeting Wednesday.
At the July meeting, elected officials from Everett, Lynnwood and Snohomish County said they were surprised to learn Sound Transit staff added alternative alignments skirting the airport.
Prior public comment and the Everett Link community advisory group had asked for those options to be studied. They cited concerns about displacement and gentrification through southwest Everett, development and ridership potential, as well as getting light rail built earlier than the projected start in 2037 or 2041.
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Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin, Lynnwood Mayor Christine Frizzell and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, who are also Sound Transit board and elected leadership group members, said their primary reason to not study the so-called Highway 99 and I-5 alignments is because they weren’t what voters approved.
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