Ballard Link Extension
Serving regional jobs, dense neighborhoods

News and updates

The Ballard Link Extension will provide fast, reliable light rail connections to dense residential and job centers throughout the region. A new downtown Seattle light rail tunnel will also provide capacity for the entire regional system to operate efficiently. Stay engaged and let us know what you think.

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Project update

Didn’t attend one of our neighborhood forums? There’s still time to participate online! 

Our fall neighborhood forums concluded this past weekend. Thanks to everyone who took the time to attend one of our meetings in the last few weeks! We enjoyed presenting to over 350 of you and…

Disinfecting a Link light rail train

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Delridge Station neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we’ll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

Disinfecting a Link light rail train

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Interbay/Ballard neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we'll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

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Chinatown-Int'l District station neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we’ll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

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Project update

Neighborhood forums continue next week!

We held two neighborhood forums last week in downtown Seattle and West Seattle to talk to communities about the alternatives we’re studying during environmental review and what happens next.…

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West Seattle neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we'll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

Link Capitol Hill Station Platform

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Downtown neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we'll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

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Reminder: Neighborhood forums start this week

As part of our continued engagement with communities along the project corridor, we are hosting free, family-friendly neighborhood forums this month and next. Join us for a presentation to learn…

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Board identifies additional route and station options for further study

Last week, the Sound Transit Board of Directors reviewed public feedback on the potential alternatives in initial assessment and identified two to include in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement…

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Sound Transit Board identifies additional alternatives for environmental study for West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

The Sound Transit Board of Directors has identified two additional alternatives for study in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) of the 11.8-mile West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions…