Crucial Ballard Link Deadline Pushed Back Yet Again by Feds

Sound Transit’s Ballard Link Extension project faces another federal delay. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement, originally due in May, won’t be published until summer at earliest due to delays from the Federal Transit Administration. The 7.7-mile light rail project, approved by voters in 2016, is also threatened with potential truncation due to a $34.5 billion budget shortfall, and Sound Transit approved an additional $19.5 million contract with consultant HNTB to advance preliminary engineering.