The elevated tracks running through Northgate. (Sound Transit)
Sound Transit has an $11.5 billion hole in its budget to finish ST-3, approved by voters in 2016. The board will have to make some tough choices of cutting projects, delaying projects, and other ways to make up the gap. It also wants the public’s help in deciding on priorities.
We’ve spent the last year discussing how badly the pandemic and resulting recession hit Sound Transit’s funding. Buying land and building massive projects is also getting a lot more expensive. Now comes the time to make serious decisions about what to do about it.