$254 million secured for Lynnwood Link Extension in Omnibus Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, announced that she has secured $583 million of funding for two key Puget Sound region transit projects – Lynnwood Link Extension and Federal Way Extension – in the final Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which funds […]
Biden’s proposed FY 2023 budget would accelerate $250 million in Lynnwood Link funding
Building on historic funding increases in the bipartisan infrastructure law that Congress adopted this year, the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for FY 2023 would significantly expand funding levels for transit investments across the country—including providing $516.6 million for Sound Transit earlier than expected. The accelerated funding would create more than $40 million in borrowing savings […]
Night work to affect I-5 overnight traffic
SEATTLE –  Seattle City Light crews will be relocating an overhead transmission line on I-5 at Northeast 195th Street in Shoreline as part of Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension project. The reliability work will result in nightly traffic impacts on Aug. 3-4. To complete this work safely, Washington State Patrol troopers and construction crews must […]
Overnight closures along SB I-5 in Mountlake Terrace
Closure on I-5 ramps and highway for Lynnwood Link construction planned for June 26 LYNNWOOD, Wash., June, 22, 2021 – Crews working on the Lynnwood Link Extension will be closing the southbound lanes of I-5 South from 220th Street SW to SR 104 in Mountlake Terrace overnight on Saturday, June 26 for construction that will […]
Biden Budget includes $100 million for Lynnwood Link Extension
WASHINGTON D.C., May 29, 2021 – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg yesterday announced that President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget includes $330.8 million for two new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in South King County and Pierce County, Washington, as well as two existing light rail projects currently under construction in South King County […]
Lynnwood Transit Center, preparing for growth
By Kienan Briscoe | Lynnwood Times Reporter Lynnwood, Wash. – The future Lynnwood Transit Center, at 200th St. SW and 48th Ave W., is one third complete as it gears toward its 2024 grand opening. Civil construction began in October 2020 and by its opening, the Lynnwood station, and other extensions, will more than double […]
Closure on I-5 highway for Lynnwood Link construction planned for Nov. 20-22
By Sound Transit | Press Release Overnight closures will be along southbound I-5 in Mountlake Terrace Crews working on the Lynnwood Link Extension will be closing the southbound lanes of I-5 South from 220th Street SW to SR 104 in Mountlake Terrace overnight from November 20 to November 22 for construction that will allow the […]
Construction begins on new garage at Lynnwood Transit Center
Five-story structure will add 500 parking spaces to transit center By Sound Transit | Press Release Construction began on the Lynnwood City Center Parking Garage at the Lynnwood Transit Center. The new garage will contain 1,670 parking stalls in a five-story structure. Along with adjacent surface lots containing 226 stalls, the Lynnwood City Center Station […]
Lynnwood Link Extension Reaches Major Milestone
Lynnwood Link Extension reaches major milestone.By Sound Transit | Press ReleaseRepublished By Lynnwood Times Lynnwood, Wash., Sept. 9, 2020 – One year after the groundbreaking event for Lynnwood Link Extension, the construction teams have made rapid progress on the project. Civil construction is already more than 15 percent complete, and the project reached a milestone […]
Lynnwood Link Extension open house
by LUKE PUTVINluke.putvin@lynnwoodtimes.com On April 25, Sound Transit hosted its second open house regarding the Link Light Rail Extension. John Gallagher, Public Information Officer with Sound Transit, said the next open-house should occur after a major construction milestone later this year. The purpose of the open house was less about new information concerning the extension […]
