Federal Way Link Extension
Building light rail further into south King County

News and updates

Overnight full closure of South 320th Street between 21st and 23rd Avenues

Sound Transit crews will close South 320th Street in Federal Way, between 21st Avenue South and 23rd Avenue South, for one night. This closure is for traffic signal installation and roadway…

Federal Way Downtown Traffic Control updates for S 320th St., S 317th St. and 21st Avenue

* The previous iteration of this email included an incorrect set of dates for the S 317th weekend full closure. Please refer to this email for the correct dates. Sound Transit crews will conduct a…

Receive free trees during our 2023 tree giveaway!

Sound Transit’s Federal Way Link Extension project team is collaborating with our construction contractor, Kiewit, to give free trees to community members and organizations this fall in SeaTac, Des…

Long-term lane closure on S 320th Street

Sound Transit crews will close the far right lane of westbound S 320th Street, between 21st Avenue S and 23rd Avenue S. This closure will accommodate construction at the future Federal Way Downtown…

Long-term closure of southbound 23rd Avenue South

In preparation for upcoming Link light rail service at the Federal Way Transit Center, Sound Transit crews will be closing southbound 23rd Avenue South for extensive utility work and concrete paving.

New traffic patterns coming to downtown Federal Way

Crews working on the Federal Way Link Extension will be making major traffic revisions in the area near the Federal Way Transit Center. Beginning Feb. 23:  Southbound 23rd Avenue South will…

Check out progress on the Federal Way Link Extension Project

This FWLE Corridor video was taken in January 2023 and takes you on a sky-high ride all the way across the 7.8-mile Federal Way Link Extension. From Angle Lake Station to downtown Federal Way, our…

Overnight closures of S 320th St for Link light rail construction

Sound Transit crews will close a portion of S 320th St. between 21st Ave S and 23rd Ave S for Link light rail bridge deck construction over S 320th St. These closures will take place nightly from 10…

Long-span bridge solution identified to address unstable soils issue

As we discussed in August, the Federal Way Link Extension faces localized unstable soil conditions encountered during construction just south of where S. 259th Pl. passes under Interstate 5 in Kent.…

Overnight full closures of SR 99 in SeaTac

Sound Transit’s contractors will conduct a series of full closures of SR 99 between S 204th Street and S 208th Street. These closures are necessary to accommodate restriping of SR 99 and will take…