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Ballard Light Rail Timeline Updated | Seattle News
Sound Transit’s new timeline aims to bring light rail to Ballard by 2042, but it’s a tightrope walk over a $35 billion budget shortfall. The ST3 plan allocates $18.1 billion for the Ballard corridor, with construction from Chinatown-International District to Seattle Center set to open on schedule. To keep Ballard in the picture, $300 million is earmarked for design work north to Market Street. But to make it happen, three financial milestones must be hit: $1 billion in savings or new funding by 2030 to buy land north of Seattle Center, final design completion by 2032, and full construction…
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