Deep inside big dig for stalled Brightwater sewage plant – Seattle Times

December 11th, 2009
  Deep inside big dig for stalled Brightwater sewage plant Seattle Times Officials at Sound Transit, which is preparing to dig light-rail tunnels through Capitol Hill between downtown Seattle and the University of Washington, ... and more »

Surface route chosen for Eastside light rail – Seattle Post Intelligencer

May 14th, 2009
Surface route chosen for Eastside light rail Seattle Post Intelligencer The board's unanimous choice of a preferred route for Sound Transit's East Link project allows engineering work to move ahead on that route, while not shutting the door on other options. The board left the door extra open for a possible tunnel through ...

A tunnel for Bellevue? Watch the budget – TheNewsTribune.com

May 14th, 2009
A tunnel for Bellevue? Watch the budget TheNewsTribune.com, WA At the urging of East Side leaders, Sound Transit has been studying the possibility of sending light rail underground through Bellevue's downtown core. The regional transit agency has already bored a hole through Beacon Hill and is about to start doing ...

An East Link tunnel won't choke off Bellevue downtown – Seattle Times

May 11th, 2009
An East Link tunnel won't choke off Bellevue downtown Seattle Times, United States Sound Transit should decide to study the feasibility of a tunnel in Bellevue for its East Link line, writes Bellevue Mayor Grant Degginger. A street-level alignment would wreak havoc on the city's business and commuting patterns. ...

Bellevue's tunnel idea – Seattle Times

May 11th, 2009
Bellevue's tunnel idea Seattle Times, United States Sound Transit must look at the overall system to find savings and achieve the vision people have voted to approve -- mobility for the Eastside and the region. Downtown Bellevue is only one piece of the bigger picture. Bellevue wants to be at the table. ...

Danny Westneat Tunnel's cost may fool us all – Seattle Times

April 26th, 2009
Danny Westneat Tunnel's cost may fool us all Seattle Times, United States Our own Sound Transit light-rail system was not included in the study, but it fits the profile. Its budget soared by more than 100 percent, forcing planners to halve the length of the rail line. The shortened line opens this summer. ...

Tunneling

February 11th, 2008
-- by Dave Apropos of absolutely nothing, I thought you all might be interested in some of the shots I took this week of the Beacon Hill tunnel being built by Sound Transit for the new light-rail line in Seattle. I grew up in construction and much of my family still does it, so I was very interested in it. My brother-in-law, who's working on the site, took me down and showed me around a bit. It was the scene of a fatal accident a year ago. However, that was obviously something of an anomaly

A Tunnel Under the Sound

November 26th, 2007
I already have a headache over this proposal from last week to build a tunnel under Long Island Sound, connecting Syosset and Rye. Not that I think it's a terrbile idea. But it's easy to foresee an endless review process and an eternal stream of news stories featuring on the one hand many people hate it but on the other hand many people love it. The Journal News story is here, Newsday here. Newsday's editorial states the obvious in saying that the proposal should be studied carefully (here), wh