P Everett MAP KEY Link Light Rail P Mukilteo CommunitySOUNDER Guide COMMUTER to Construction RAIL Central Link (SeaTac/Airport–Westlake/) Tacoma Link (Tacoma Dome–Theater District) P South Everett Under Construction In Design Ash Way P In Planning/ Planned Point Defiance TacomaBypass TrestleTrack &Track Signal & SignalWork Project Sounder Everett–Seattle Sounder Lynnwood Lakewood–Tacoma–Seattle Sounder Canyon Park P Edmonds P NOVEMBERMARCH 2015 2015 Mountlake ST Express Regional Bus P Terrace PROJECT OVERVIEW Woodinville Express Bus Service P Shoreline Bothell Future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) P 145th Project length: .65 miles Supporting Investments Project budget: $62M (2014 dollars) P Park & Ride – Rail Station or Bus Facility P Northgate Totem Lake Rail Station, Transit Center or Bus Stop Roosevelt Kirkland Project completion date: 2017 Improvements Redmond PROJECT OVERVIEW Construction not First Hill Streetcar (Opens 2014) U District currently funded HOV/Transit Improvements University of SE Redmond is replacing the HOV Direct Access Ramp, Freeway P Overlake Transit Center Sound Transit is leading construction efforts Station or Overpass Overlake Village aging wooden single-track P 130th 120th trestle with a new, concrete to upgrade 14.5 miles of existing railroad Ferry Terminal Amtrak Capitol Hill Hospital Sea-Tac Airport Bellevue double-track bridge to increase that runs from Lakewood to Tacoma. Transit Center Bellevue Seattle Westlake rail capacity for additional Laying ballast for new tracks installed near Nisqually.University Street East Main First Hill Pioneer Square South Bellevue P Sounder and Amtrak trains and South International District/ P P Chinatown & King Street Eastgate Sammamish improve reliability of passenger • Map Stadium Rainier Mercer Island service. • Construction overview SODO Beacon Hill Issaquah More information P • Schedule Mount Baker NotificationsP Highlands • Subscribe to email and text alerts by emailing Issaquah Columbia City The Sound Transit Community Outreach team’s intent is to provide • How to stay informed [email protected] Westwood Othello Village a two-week notice for construction activities. However, during • Call the construction hotline (888-298-2395) to speak to Rainier Beach construction some unanticipated and emergency work may be Sound Transit Community Outreach Tukwila/ International Blvd P needed,Renton which may result in shorter notification schedules. P online: soundtransit.org/point-defiance-bypass • Contact the Community Outreach team (206)Burien 398-5465 Tukwila P Sound Transit will actively work with residents, businesses, and SeaTac/Airport Expanding to schedule a briefing for your organization Angle Lake P jurisdictions to provide: Sound Transit service

Kent/Des Moines P • Advance notice of work that requires traffic control Online: In 2008, the region’s voters approved the P Kent Sound Transit 2, a major expansion of the Construction not • Advance notice of nighttime work soundtransit.org/point-defiance-bypassP S 272nd/Federal Way currently funded • Presentationsregional to groups transit system with substantial extensions of Link light rail throughout the Federal Way P P • Outreach through mailings and personal contacts For information in alternative formats, call Auburn region plus more Sounder train and ST Express Tacoma • Updates on the project website at 1-800-201-4900 TTYTo Relay:Gig Harbor 711 or emailTheater District/S 9th bus services. and Purdy Commerce Street/S 11th soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans [email protected]. Convention Center/S 15th Tacoma Union Station/ S 19th Community S 25th College P P P Sumner Tacoma Dome Puyallup South Tacoma P

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Sound Transit plans, builds and operates regional transit systems and services to improve mobility for Central Puget Sound. Sound Transit plans, builds and operates regional transit systems and services to improve mobility for Central Puget Sound. Sound Transit l 401 S. Jackson St. l Seattle, WA 98104-2826 l 1-800-201-4900 / TTY Relay: 711 l [email protected] l soundtransit.org Sound Transit l 401 S. Jackson St. l Seattle, WA 98104-2826 l 1-800-201-4900 / TTY Relay: 711 l [email protected] l soundtransit.org AK R Project overview TRACK AND SIGNAL WORK MAP EXISTING AMT WSDOT’s $89.1 million Point Defiance Bypass project will reroute Amtrak passenger trains to an inland rail line through DuPont, Lakewood, and Tacoma. It includes a new Amtrak Yakima Ave Overpass Yakima Cascades station in Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square. Sound KEY Tacoma Transit currently uses a portion of this route between Tacoma and Lakewood for service. This Traffic Signal Fircrest Crossings project is part of a larger 20-project construction program WSDOT is delivering throughout western Washington to Point Defiance improve service for the entire intercity passenger rail corridor. Bypass Track Existing Sound Transit University Place S 50th St The Point Defiance Bypass project includes the new Amtrak Sounder Service and Stations South S 56th St Cascades passenger train station, 14.5-miles of new and Tacoma upgraded track, and five reconstructed at-grade crossings - Existing BNSF Track Station S 60th St each with advanced warning and signal systems. When work S 66th St is complete in 2017, it will provide more frequent, reliable and faster Amtrak passenger rail service in Washington. S 74th St

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u Traffic Signal Crossings Preparing for construction Nisq The project includes safety improvements at five traffic signals that have at-grade railroad crossings, including: What’s next? • Clover Creek Drive SW • Berkeley Street SW* • Barksdale Avenue • Crews will begin building access roads along the route • North Thorne Lane SW • 41st Division Drive • Community outreach will connect with businesses and residents within 1,000 feet of the alignment * As part of the city of Lakewood Madigan Access project