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Eliminating Second Seattle Rail Tunnel Could Save $4.5B, But With Major Impacts, Delays » The Urbanist

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This week Sound Transit board members got a deep dive on what it would take to extend light rail to Ballard without building a second rail tunnel under Downtown Seattle at the same time, a big deviation from the current plan. While initial analysis did confirm the potential to save up to $4.5 billion, those gains would come at the cost of further delays to the overall Ballard Link project, impacts on transit riders that could be yearslong, all o…
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theurbanist.org broke the news in on Saturday, December 13, 2025.
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