Kent/Des Moines station

Kent/Des Moines is a proposed station on Sound Transit's Federal Way Link Extension, part of the Link Light Rail system. It is to be located in western Kent, Washington near Highline College. When built in 2023, Kent/Des Moines station would become the interim southern terminus of Central Link, until funding for an extension to Federal Way Transit Center is approved.^[1]

Location

Kent/Des Moines station, the working name for the station, will be an elevated structure above 30th Avenue South, east of State Route 99 (Pacific Highway) near its intersection with State Route 516 (Kent-Des Moines Road). The station would be located adjacent to Highline College and have a 500-stall parking garage and several temporary surface parking lots that would be redeveloped after the extension to Federal Way opens. The area around the station is planned to be redeveloped with transit-oriented mixed-use development under the "Envision Midway" plan proposed by the city of Kent.^[2][3]

References

1. Lindblom, Mike (May 15, 2011). "Sound Transit favoring Highline site as south terminus". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
2. "Sound Transit Board identifies preferred alternative for light rail extension to Kent/Des Moines, Federal Way" (Press release). Sound Transit. July 23, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
3. Hunter, Steve (October 29, 2015). "Kent light rail station proposed for east of Pacific Highway". Kent Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2016.

External links

• Federal Way Link Extension

Coordinates: 47°23′21″N 122°17′35″W / 47.3892°N 122.2930°W