East Link light rail Segment E: Redmond 161ST AVE NE AVE 161ST 166TH AVE NE AVE 166TH Segment Details NE 85TH ST 202 THE SAMMAMISH Redmond NE RD WOODINVILLE EDGE RIVER Transit REDMOND SKATE Center TRAIL SITE REDMOND- PARK NE 83RD ST Segment E serves Redmond with trains AVONDALE RD NE ek r Cre Redmond Transit Bea Center Station E2 RTC Design running from Overlake Transit Center BNSF Option NE UNION HILL RD E1 NE 80TH ST Downtown Redmond E2 Redmond along SR-520 into downtown Redmond. Station Town Center Bear Creek LUKE Design Option Park & Ride McREDMOND S E2 a LANDING Segment E is the end of the line for the m E2 E1 m E2 E2 E1 a NE REDMOND WAY 76TH m NE ST ish River LEARY WAY NE Redmond East Link project. There is only one option E4 Town Center SLOUGH Station HOUSE E4 along SR-520; however, the 2008 East PARK BEAR CREEK PKWY OLD REDMO ND SE Redmond TOWN CENTER OPEN SPACE Link Draft Environmental Impact Statement R Station D Bear Creek 202 (DEIS) evaluates three route alternatives MF5 for E1 E1 E2E2 through downtown Redmond. The preferred NE AVE 152ND MF5 for alternative, E2, crosses under the SR-520 E2, E4 E4 and SR-202 interchange and enters a portion NE 60TH ST MARYMOOR of the abandoned BNSF railroad track. The W LAKE SAMMAMISHSa PKWY NE PARK Revised/New Alternatives mm am is At-Grade Route h R iv alignment crosses under SR-520 and over er Elevated Route Retained-Cut Route E1 E2 Station Bear Creek, then becomes at-grade to cross E4 DEIS Alternatives 170th Avenue NE. Trains will continue west At-Grade Route Elevated Route NE 51ST ST along the BNSF to the end of the line near Retained-Cut Route Station Redmond Town Center, just northwest of Maintenance Facility and Leary Way. NE AVE 156TH Tail Track 520 City Limit BEL-RED RD Segment E could include two stations. NE AVE 172ND Stations would be located at: Segment E Alternatives Segment E NE 40TH ST E1 Redmond Way Segment D Lake E2 Marymoor Sammamish • SE Redmond Station: Located at the E2 Redmond Transit Center Design Option SCALE northeast end of Marymoor Park on the E4 Leary Way § 0 0.25 Mile Source: King County (2006). south side of the SR-520 and SR-202 Revised/NewE2 (Preferred Alternatives DEIS AlternativesAlternative) andTraction Powerother DEISE Segment Alternatives Limit At-Grade Route At-Grade Route Substation Exhibit 2-16 interchange. Includes a five-story parking Elevated Route Elevated Route Station Segment E, Downtown Retained-Cut Route Retained-Cut Route New and/or Expanded Redmond Alternative Park-and-Ride Lot structure with 1,400 parking spaces. Tunnel Route Tunnel Route East Link Project • Downtown Redmond Station: Located near Redmond Town Center. This station serves only the preferred alternative (E2). Benefits • Provides access to high quality, frequent transit service that operates 20 hours per day. • Approximately 3,500 daily boardings would occur in this area. • Supports the dense, transit-oriented land use redevelopment plans of Redmond. • Provides increased access opportunities at Redmond Town Center the SE Redmond parking lot and Redmond Town Center. Nov. 2010 Sound Transit • 401 S. Jackson St. Seattle WA 98104 For information in alternative formats, call 1-800-201-4900/TTY Relay: 711 or email [email protected] What’s new in Constructing light Segment E? rail to Redmond Sound Transit has modified the preferred alternative As part of the ST2 plan, voters approved funding for the (E2) by replacing the Town Center Station and the preliminary design and environmental study of light rail to Transit Center Station with one downtown station Redmond. However, funding has not been approved for the located midway between the two original stations. construction of light rail between Overlake Transit Center and The preferred alignment now terminates just past the downtown Redmond. Additional funding will need to be Downtown Redmond Station and no longer continues up identified before light rail will serve Redmond Town Center 161st Avenue NE. The original alternative E2 that was and communities northeast and southeast of Redmond. evaluated in the 2008 DEIS will continue to be evaluated as a design option to the preferred alternative (E2). Marymoor Park in Redmond For more information: Travel times* Project Web page: (from Downtown Redmond Station) www.soundtransit.org/eastlink • International District/Chinatown = 37-40 minutes Contact: • University of Washington = 49-52 minutes Emily Mannetti Sound Transit Community Outreach Coordinator • Bellevue Transit Center = 17 minutes 206-398-5438 • Overlake Transit Center = 7 minutes [email protected] *Reflects preferred alternative travel times Nov. 2010 Sound Transit • 401 S. Jackson St. Seattle WA 98104 For information in alternative formats, call 1-800-201-4900/TTY Relay: 711 or email [email protected] .