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South Sound Link Extensions

South King County Mobility Coalition | 11.8.18

Sagar Ramachandra & Jefferson Rose

Community Outreach Specialists

Sound Transit District

40% of

the state’s

population

More people, more cars

1,500+ every week Freeway delays = longer

commute times

=POPULATION GROWTH TRAFFIC DELAYS

800,000 new neighbors by 2040

2010 2017 2040

Meeting growing demand

75,508

163,000

AVERAGE WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP

690,000

560,000

PR

OJE

CT

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System ExpansionLink Light Rail

• 116-mile regional system• 49 new stations• Connecting Tacoma, Everett, Bellevue,

Redmond, Issaquah, Ballard and West Seattle

Tacoma Link extensions to Hilltop and TCC• 12 new stations

Sounder south commuter rail• Parking and access improvements• Platform extensions• Expansion of service, 40% capacity increase

Bus• Bus Rapid Transit serving 12 cities,

in the I-405, SR 522 and SR 518 corridors• Bus-on-Shoulder opportunities: I-5, I-405,

SR 518, SR 167• Contribution to Pierce Transit’s BRT on Pacific

Ave./SR 7

Service and System

expansion in the

South Sound

Angle Lake to Federal Way

• Length: 7.8 Miles

• Stations: 3 (3 parking garages)

• Daily Projected Riders:

36,500 (2035)

• Estimated Cost: $2.549 billion

Federal WayLink Extension (FWLE)

FWLE project timeline

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Groundbreaking

Construction updatesand mitigation

Safety education

Testing and pre-operations

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Final route design

Final station designs

Procure and commission station and public art

Obtain land use and development agreements

Begin property acquisition

PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2019–2024 2019–2024

START OF

SERVICE

2016Alternatives development

• Investigation of alternatives

• Board identifies Preferred Alternative

Environmental review

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Final EIS

Board selects project to be built

Federal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)

2024

Kent/Des Moines Station Concept

• New 500 space garage

• Three new, landscaped streets to promote easy access for walking, bicycling and transit

• Two large plaza areas featuring landscaping, seating and public art

South 272nd Street Station Concept

• New 1100 space garage

• Rebuilt portion of S 272 Street

improves vehicle/bus access

• Improvements include a

pedestrian/bicycle path to the

station plaza, connections to

the existing freeway bus stop

and direct access to the

station platform

Federal Way Station Concept

• New 400 space garage

• Transit only bus loop for

easy transfer to light rail

• New street grid to

provide more convenient

access and potential for

future development

Federal Way Transit Center to Tacoma Dome

• Length: 9.7 miles

• Stations: 4 (2 parking garages)

• Daily Projected Riders: 27,000-37,000

(2040)

• Estimated Cost: $1.85 to $2.03 billion

(2014$)

Operations and Maintenance Facility –

South

• Cost: $501.33 to $537.13 million (2014$)

Tacoma Dome Link Extension (TDLE)

TDLE project timeline

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Groundbreaking

Construction updatesand mitigation

Safety education

Testing and pre-operations

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Final route design

Final station designs

Procure and commission station and public art

Obtain land use and development agreements

Begin property acquisition

PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2022–2025 2025–2030

START OF

SERVICE

2016Alternatives development

• Investigation of alternatives

• Board identifies Preferred Alternative

Environmental review

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Final EIS

Board selects project to be built

Federal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)

2024

2018–2022

Alternatives development process

PLANNING

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2018–2022

2025–20302016Alternatives development (2018-2019)

• Investigation of alternatives

• Board identifies Preferred Alternative

Environmental review (2019-2022)

Draft EIS

Final EIS

Board selects project to be built

Federal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)

Broad range of alternativesMarch to May 2018

Preferred AlternativeSummer 2019

Conceptual evaluationJune to October 2018

Detailed evaluation

Oct. 2018 to Feb. 2019

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

TDLE September

outreach period

• More than 175 people attended three

open house meetings in Federal Way,

Fife, and Tacoma

• 2800 unique visitors to the online open

house

• More than 700 written comments from

in-person and online comment forms

• Three e-mail updates to 6,200 recipients

on project GovDelivery list

• 67,276 postcards mailed to households

along the project corridor

September open houses

• Interest in redevelopment to

accommodate new housing,

amenities, and walkable

neighborhoods

• Interest in prioritizing station

location for easy pedestrian, bike,

and transit access

Summary of comments

• Concern about traffic

congestion in the station

area during construction and

after project completion

• Concern that parking won’t

meet demand

Summary of comments

• SR 99, Enchanted

Parkway, and I-5 West

options advancing

• I-5 median and I-5 East

options set aside

South Federal Way Alternatives

Community engagement &

collaboration

Community engagement

Contact ST Go onlineGet involved

Call the project line to speak

with an outreach specialist

Send an email with questions,

concerns or comments to

fwle@soundtransit.org

tdlink@soundtransit.org

Attend an open house

Participate in

community/neighborhood

briefings

Visit the project website.

www.soundtransit.org/Projects-

and-Plans/Federal-Way-Link-

Extension

Respond to online surveys

Subscribe to email updates

Follow on social media

Commitment to accessibility and translation services

Public engagement

Questions?

Jefferson.Rose@soundtransit.org

Sagar.Ramachandra@soundtransit.org