Sound Transit, the public transit agency serving the Seattle, Wash., metropolitan area, said construction on each of the three Northgate Link Extension stations is now substantially completed.
“This achievement is remarkable given the construction challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff said. “Thanks to the commitment and professionalism of our construction team, our contractors, and their skilled and dedicated workforce, we remain on budget and on schedule to open this extension in September.”
The elevated station at Northgate was the last site to see construction substantially completed, while work at the UDistrict station was substantially completed last summer. Roosevelt Station construction was substantially completed earlier last year.
“The completion of station construction is an exciting milestone for the Northgate extension,” King County Executive and Sound Transit Board Vice Chair Dow Constantine said. “It’s another reminder that we are getting closer to the start of traffic-free commutes for thousands more workers and students and the beginning of a three-year flurry of projects to nearly triple our light rail system.”
The scope of work involves a 4.3-mile regional light rail extension offering riders traffic-free travel between Northgate and downtown Seattle in just 14 minutes – adding trains traveling in 3.5-mile twin tunnels north to and from the University of Washington Station at Husky Stadium are slated to stop at underground stations in the U District and Roosevelt neighborhoods, exit the tunnels at First Avenue Northeast and Northeast 95th and transition to a 0.8-mile elevated guideway to reach the station.