Sound Transit Defers Ballard Light Rail Indefinitely as $35 Billion Shortfall Reshapes ST3 Buildout

Sound Transit's board has adopted a sweeping realignment of its voter-approved 2016 expansion plan, protecting the Everett-to-Tacoma spine while indefinitely deferring the Ballard extension and stretching every remaining light rail line years past its original promise as the agency confronts a roughly $35 billion funding gap. The Sound Transit board voted 16-2 on May 28 […]