Seattle-Lynnwood light rail still on track
LYNNWOOD — Leaders at Sound Transit are preparing later this month to chart their preferred route for a light rail line to Lynnwood, following the release of environmental studies.
The work stems from a light-rail expansion that voters approved in 2008.
If the project remains on schedule, construction on the northward expansion toward Snohomish County would begin in 2018.
Link light rail trains would reach Lynnwood by 2023, taking commuters as far as the Lynnwood Transit Center, near I-5 south of 200th Street SW.
“We’re happy with the way the project is coming along,” Lynnwood city spokeswoman Julie Moore said.
The Sound Transit board of directors is scheduled to vote on the route and possible stations during its regular meeting, scheduled 1:30 to 4 p.m. April 23.
The preferred route from a future Northgate station would skirt the east side of I-5 through north Seattle and Shoreline. It would cross over to the west side of the freeway after the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center. Trains also would stop at stations at 145th and 185th streets in Shoreline.
Additionally, the Sound Transit board asked staff to study the possibility of stations at 220th Street in Mountlake Terrace and 130th Street in Seattle.
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