The contracting team working to dig the tunnels needed to bring Link light rail to Northgate via the University District and Roosevelt has successfully completed its mining work, Sound Transit announced today. The milestone was actually reached yesterday when a tunnel boring machine operated by contractor JCM Northlink LLC holed through to the construction retrieval […]
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Sound Transit to inaugurate University Link light rail service on Saturday, March 19th
Flanked by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and new Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced today at a media event on Capitol Hill that Sound Transit’s University Link light rail extension, which has been in the construction phase for the last few years, will have its public grand opening on Saturday, […]
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Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl to retire next year after University Link opens
One of the most transformative, dynamic, and capable civic leaders the Pacific Northwest has ever seen will soon be stepping down, leaving behind a great legacy, but also giant-sized shoes in need of filling. Joni Earl, sixty-one, has been at the helm of Sound Transit for nearly a decade and a half. Under her direction, […]