News and updates
Project update
In this alert: Nighttime girder installation, Weekday construction traffic impacts, Night work near I-90, and Reminder of ongoing closures
Precast concrete girder installation Crews working to build Sound Transit's East Link project in south Bellevue will begin installing pre-cast concrete girders early next week. Girder installation…
Project update
Girder setting requires ramp and street closures at 148th Avenue NE and SR 520
Girder placement From Tuesday, July 10 until Saturday morning, July 14, crews working to build Sound Transit’s East Link project will install concrete girders between future elevated guideway…
Project update
Safety Drill on July 7th, Update to overnight closures in Downtown Bellevue and Reopening of 110th Avenue Northeast
Safety Drill on Saturday, July 7th Sound Transit will host a safety drill on Saturday, July 7th, in downtown Bellevue. This is a coordinated…
Project update
In this alert: Weekday construction traffic impacts (7/9-7/13), Night work near I-90, and reminder of ongoing closures
Weekday construction traffic impacts: Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13 Bellevue Way Southeast In order to work in the eastside curb lane while maintaining two lanes of traffic in the peak direction…
Project update
Upcoming I-90 ramp closures
As progress continues on the station's head houses, steel will begin to be erected on the 80th Avenue head house. To do so, both the east- and westbound Island Crest Way HOV ramps are planned to…
Project update
Pedestrian path through construction site at Overlake Transit Center closing
On Monday, July 9, construction crews building the future Redmond Technology Station will close the pedestrian path between the SR 520 bus stop at Northeast 40th Street and the Overlake Transit…
Project update
Rail welding begins and station construction continues on Mercer Island
Now that rail has arrived on Mercer Island, track welding has begun. The 80-foot-long sections of track, called 'sticks,' are welded together into 560- and 800-foot-long sections, known as 'strings…
News release
East Link tunnel excavation nears completion in downtown Bellevue
Sound Transit’s East Link light rail tunnel is more than 90 percent complete, with crews expected to break through to the site of the future Bellevue Downtown Station in mid-July. The agency today…
Project update
In this alert: Weekday construction traffic impacts, Night work near I-90, and reminder of ongoing closures
Weekday construction traffic impacts: Monday, July 2 – Friday, July 6 (no work in roadway on July 4th) Bellevue Way Southeast In order to work in the eastside curb lane while maintaining two lanes…
Project update
In this alert: Weekday construction traffic impacts, Night work near I-90, and reminder of ongoing closures
Weekday construction traffic impacts: Monday, June 25 – Friday, June 29 Bellevue Way Southeast In order to work in the eastside curb lane while maintaining two lanes of traffic in the peak…