What we’re trying to talk about is the future of Federal Way… Federal Way is the tenth largest city in this state. This won’t be complete, probably, until the 2030s. Funding doesn’t exist for it. None of you will probably be on the City Council by then, if I’m being honest. So it’s not going to be affecting your position, not going to be affecting businesses because businesses come and go.
— NPI contributor Richard Champion, speaking in favor of a Federal Way light rail alignment along Pacific Highway South, which has greater potential for transit-oriented development than an I-5 alignment.