MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
SUBJECT:
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Sound Transit Light Rail Extension to Downtown: Street Closures During Construction and Marymoor Village Station
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Consider staff recommendations concerning street closures during light rail construction, and the layout of the Marymoor Village station. Staff will seek Council direction on these topics at the August 28 study session.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Martin Pastucha, Director of Public Works 425-556-2733
Don Cairns, P.E., Transportation Planning and Engineering Manager 425-556-2834
Jeff Churchill, AICP, Transportation Strategic Advisor 425-556-2492
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
Link Light Rail to Redmond Project Summary
Sound Transit is extending light rail from Seattle to Redmond, with four stations in Redmond. Two stations, Overlake Village Station and the Redmond Technology Station, will open in Overlake in 2023. These stations are now under construction. Two stations will open in 2024, one in Southeast Redmond and another in Downtown Redmond. The Downtown extension is in design, with Sound Transit preparing to solicit proposals from design-build teams this fall to complete design and construct the extension.
Light Rail Extension to Downtown
The Downtown Redmond Link Extension is the 3.4-mile extension of light rail from the future Redmond Technology Station at NE 40th St. to the terminus station in Downtown Redmond. Staff last updated the City Council on the Downtown Redmond Link Extension on April 10, 2018. At the April 10 study session, City staff described key activities during 2018 and described agreements and code amendments that staff would bring forward to Council as part of the project.
Major project activities since April include:
* Ongoing development of project requirements and drawings
* Second and third reviews of complete design-build procurement documents (April and August 2018, respectively)
* Continued develo...
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