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Vote on Light-Rail Route Coming Soont

The Sound Transit Board will vote at its March or April meeting on the preferred route of a light-rail line linking downtown Seattle to the Northgate area, including the route through the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campus. Above are five possible lines under consideration. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ prefers the route on the far right, which includes a station at Husky Stadium and swings away from sensitive research and medical equipment in the southwest portion of campus. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ also can support the route on the far left, which goes up Brooklyn Avenue N.E. and also skirts research facilities. The board will adopt a final routing decision late this year or in early 2005. Construction on the project, costing anywhere from $1.5 to $2 billion, could begin as early as 2006 with trains running between 2013 and 2015. Map courtesy of Sound Transit.


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