12/18/2023 0 Comments Sound transit light rail![]() I can’t find the specific proposals online, but maybe somebody can describe them and the recent open house. Redmond 2050 is having hearings on the Southeast Redmond and Redmond Downtown Link station areas. Riders have already waited long enough as it is and should not tolerate much more of a remaining margin of error. Increased transparency is a start, but Sound Transit must strengthen the accountability mechanisms it has with its contractors. The remaining saving grace for Eastsiders at this juncture is the momentum for a s tarter line, which may potentially open in 2024.Ĭonstruction overruns are typical in these types of projects but this need for a large-scale pre-opening demolition of trackway infrastructure is an abject failure. This recent development confirms that that was an overly optimistic estimate. We reported last year that the construction mishaps had already added a full year to the opening. Demolition of the original plinths is nearly complete, and the track rebuilds will expand to six work zones this month, staff reported Thursday in an update to the board. Sound Transit’s latest timetable is to carry light-rail passengers across the lake by spring 2025. More than half the plinths were demolished and some rebuilds begun last fall, Deputy CEO Kimberly Farley notified board members in November. Kiewit-Hoffman decided in late September, after mortar failures and a forensic investigation, that the best plan is to start over, according to Sound Transit. ![]() Mike Lindblom has more details in the Times: Of note is East Link’s frustratingly sluggish progress, largely due to poorly built plinths, which now have to be entirely scrapped in the segment between International District and Mercer Island. ![]() The Sound Transit System Expansion Committee met yesterday and heard the latest briefing on project updates.
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