THURSDAY: Sound Transit Board expected to vote on ST3 revision

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7:02 PM: After two Executive Committee meetings this month looking at a proposed revised plan, the full Sound Transit Board is scheduled to consider ST3’s future tomorrow afternoon, almost 10 years after voters passed the original plan. As previously reported, the revised plan as discussed so far would proceed with West Seattle light rail, running between SODO and The Junction with a new cross-Duwamish bridge and a Delridge stop along the way. Documents for tomorrow’s 1:30 to 5 pm meeting, including the agenda and board members’ proposed amendments, are all linked from this page, including the amendments as a single document. The meeting will start with a public-comment period; the agenda explains how to comment in person at the board room downtown or remotely.

ADDED 10:21 PM: Speaking of comments – ST also released a report on the “engagement” related to the Enterprise Initiative, which shaped the revision proposal. You can read it here. The longest passage related to West Seattle is on page 18:

… Sentiments surrounding the West Seattle Link Extension highlight a mix of shifting priorities and ongoing anxieties. Small businesses and property owners — engaged directly and through groups like the West Seattle Chamber, the West Seattle Junction Association, and the SODO Business Improvement Area — responded favorably to a cost-saving alignment presented in March. In April, Boardmember Mosqueda hosted a community forum where community expressed significant support for the West Seattle Link Extension. While a vocal contingent argued the project is too expensive for its projected ridership — suggesting it should be delayed to prioritize the system’s spine or replaced entirely with bus rapid transit — there has also been a positive shift among local stakeholders.

This alignment successfully reduced effects on businesses and community assets, leading to increased local support for the extension. Nevertheless, even among these supportive groups, there is lingering frustration with the ongoing delays, uncertainty, and the project’s complex construction logistics. …

Derek May 28, 2026 (9:51 am)

Build it immediately so it’s cheaper. Costs only go up.

Brandon May 28, 2026 (12:24 pm)

With that logic, dont build it at all. Then it’s REAL cheap!
- K May 28, 2026 (5:54 pm)
  
  That’s what they said in the 1970s, and we see how that worked out. With the benefit of hindsight, the common sense thing to do is build it.

WSEnviornmentalist May 28, 2026 (5:08 pm)

My question is the same as always: How will Sound Transit build a new bridge across the Duwamish? It is a designated Superfund site with sediments full of arsenic, heavy metals and other poisons. To breach the work that has been done and the work that is scheduled to be done by the government, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, both WA State and the Federal EPA will have to do a new environmental study and, depending upon their findings, agree to allow a disruption of the river bottom. This could go well or become an environmental disaster. If the ST3 extension was an easy process it would have already been done. But it isn’t.

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