“Within about the next four years, our carbon- and congestion-free light rail system will more than double from 26 to 62 miles and from 25 to 50 stations,” Sound Transit Interim CEO Brooke Belman said in a statement. Beyond the now accounted for concrete strike and pandemic impact delays, Lynnwood Link project risks are low, which indicates further delays are unlikely, the agency said. Lynnwood Link is expected to see a four- to six-month delay beyond its July 2024 target, Sound Transit said, which still leaves some hope of a late 2024 opening. The agency expects to miss its December 2024 target for Downtown Redmond Link by four to five months. The Downtown Redmond Link extension is pushed back to 2025, which the agency primarily attributes to the four-month concrete delivery strike earlier this year. The Federal Way light rail extension, meanwhile, has been delay by about one year to 2025 by unexpectedly problematic soil conditions near the McSorely Creek Wetland in Kent. Defects in concrete plinths in a four-mile section of East Link through Mercer Island and Seattle have caused a delay of at least a year, pushing the expected opening from July 2023 to late 2024. Sound Transit revealed delayed timelines for its next four light rail extensions Thursday. Extending light rail to Mercer Island has proven to be a headache at multiple stages, most recently with construction defect issues on the bridge that has pushed back East Link's opening by more than a year.
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