News and updates
Project update
Lane reductions and nighttime work on Bellevue Way Southeast
Crews working to build Sound Transit's East Link project in south Bellevue will install the final sets of precast concrete girders during the weeks of Jan. 21 and Jan. 28. Lane and ramp closures will…
Project update
Concrete deliveries at Aubrey Davis Park
Crews working for Sound Transit will pour concrete for a new utility room within the Mercer Island Tunnel. To do so, crews will access the site from Aubrey Davis Park, at the intersection of 66th Ave…
Project update
Construction alert: Overlake Village Station, 1/9/2019
Construction crews will use a mobile crane to swing bridge girders into place over Northeast 24th Street at SR 520 in Bellevue. The girders are placed between two bridge columns to provide support…
Project update
Weekly construction traffic impacts and ongoing closures Monday, Jan. 7 – Friday, Jan. 11
I-90 Bike trail and 108th Avenue Southeast Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., as needed: To prepare for restoration following installation…
Project update
Lane reduction at intersection of NE 20th St and 136th PL NE starting as early as Jan. 10
Beginning as early as Thursday, Jan. 10, lasting through the end of July 2019 contractor crews will reduce eastbound traffic on Northeast 20th Street to facilitate the installation of utilities…
Project update
Weekly construction traffic impacts and ongoing closures Wednesday, Jan. 2 – Friday, Jan. 4
Bellevue Way SE Work to construct the East Link guideway adjacent to Bellevue Way SE will continue in 2019. In order to work in the eastside curb lane while maintaining two lanes of traffic in the…
Project update
Ballasted track installed on Mercer Island
For the last few weeks, crews have been busily installing ballasted track between the Mercer Island Station and East Mercer Way. This is the…
News release
First section of East Link rail installation nears completion
Sound Transit briefed media today on installation of ballasted tracks that will carry light rail vehicles across Mercer Island. The mile-and-a-third-long segment, running from 80th Avenue Southeast…
Project update
Bellevue Way SE
In order to install a vehicle barrier adjacent to Bellevue Way SE, Sound Transit’s contractor will close one lane of Bellevue Way SE between the South Bellevue Station site and the ‘Y’ at 112th…
Project update
Construction alert: Night full closure on 116th Avenue Northeast as early as Dec. 13th
Beginning on the night of Thursday, Dec. 13th, crews will fully close 116th Avenue Northeast between Northeast 8th Street and Northeast 4th…