NE 130th Street station

NE 130th Street is a proposed station on Sound Transit's Lynnwood Link Extension, part of the Link Light Rail system, to be located in Seattle, Washington. The station, which would have served the Haller Lake and Pinehurst neighborhoods of northern Seattle, was deferred from the plans for Lynnwood Link during the Sound Transit Board's selection of the final route for the line on April 23, 2015. Instead, a provision for future accommodation for construction of a station at NE 130th Street without impacting service was included in the board's resolution, at a cost of $10 million.^[1][2][3] The December 2015 preliminary candidate list for the proposed Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, scheduled to be finalized the following year, included an elevated infill station at NE 130th Street; an updated draft plan from March 2016 lists the station as provisional, estimating a cost of $85 million to construct and less than 1,000 daily riders in 2040.^[4][5]

The station is favored by surrounding neighborhoods, including Lake City to the east, through the use of neighborhood groups. In March 2016, Seattle City Councilmember Debora Juarez of the 5th district, which encompasses most of north Seattle that would be served by the station, has criticized its exclusion and lack of priority when compared to other proposals in the Sound Transit 3 plan. She called the station "the focal point of a powerful east-west transit connection", citing a population of 90,000 residents who could benefit.^[6][7]

Sound Transit has expressed concern over the inclusion of NE 130th Street station before the Lynnwood Link Extension is completed and opened, citing a possible loss of federal funding proposed for the project after the record of decision had already been published without the station.^[7]

References

1. Lindblom, Mike (April 23, 2015). "4 North End light-rail stations get Sound Transit’s green light". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
2. "Sound Transit Resolution No. 2015-05" (PDF). Sound Transit. April 23, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
3. "Next stop: Lynnwood" (Press release). Seattle, Washington: Sound Transit. April 23, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
4. "Infill Light Rail Station: 130th Street (Provisional)" (PDF). Sound Transit 3 Candidate Projects List. Sound Transit. March 29, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
5. "Sound Transit 3: Draft System Plan Projects List" (PDF). Sound Transit. March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
6. Juarez, Debora (April 18, 2016). "Sound Transit must add North Seattle light-rail station". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
7. Green, Josh (March 30, 2016). "Councilmember calls light rail plan 'unacceptable'". KING 5 News. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

External links

• Lynnwood Link Extension

Coordinates: 47°43′23″N 122°19′26″W / 47.723128°N 122.323910°W