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Ballard Link Extension nine stations downtown Seattle
Ballard Link Extension — nine stations from downtown Seattle to Ballard with a new downtown rail-only tunnel; initial segment to Seattle Center funded
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- Buyer
- Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit)
- Where
- Washington · Seattle
- Segments
- Civil works, Track, Signalling, Stations & depots, Electrification
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
- Status
- Planned — In the updated ST3 System Plan the Ballard Link initial segment to Seattle Center is affordable within existing resources, Ballard Link is funded through final design, and construction from Seattle Center to Market Street is not currently affordable.
- Value band
- over $1bn
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- St3 plan update May 2026 · Budget amendment June 2026 · Deis publication set 2026 · Rfi closes October 2026 · RFQ anticipated October 2026
Status in full
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In the updated ST3 System Plan the Ballard Link initial segment to Seattle Center is affordable within existing resources, Ballard Link is funded through final design, and construction from Seattle Center to Market Street is not currently affordable. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement was submitted to the Federal Transit Administration for review with publication set for the fourth quarter of 2026; the project was recorded at 10 per cent complete measured to revenue service date. A civil engineering design services request for qualifications is anticipated in October 2026.
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- Exact value
- How the figure was arrived at
- Key dates (5)
- Published bidders
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10 sources · all primary
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-11, Updating the ST3 System Plan (Board final action 28 May 2026), with Attachment A tables 1-3 and the updated sources-and-uses summary (published 2026-05-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-14, Budget Amendments for West Seattle Link Extension and Ballard Link Extension Consultant Services Contracts (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · 2026 Adopted Budget and Financial Plan — agency overview, transit operating budgets by mode, project budgets, Transit Improvement Plan and Appendix I project and programme detail pages (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Presentation - System Expansion Monthly Status Report, System Expansion Committee 10 September 2026 (published 2026-09-10 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Quarterly Procurement Look Ahead — upcoming architectural, engineering and construction procurements over the next 18 to 24 months, last updated July 2026 (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Vendor portal notice: RI 0174-26 Request for Information, Ballard Link Innovative Technologies (published 2026-09-02 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Vendor portal notice: Upcoming Procurement-00004, Ballard Link Extension civil engineering design services procurement update (published 2026-09-02 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Federal Transit Administration · Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Dashboard, CIG-Public-Dashboard-09-11-2026.pdf (data last updated 09/10/2026) (published 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-16, Contract Modification with HNTB Corporation for the Ballard Link Extension (Board final action 23 April 2026) (published 2026-04-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Sound Transit vendor portal (Biddingo) — bid listing, 13 solicitations open for bidding on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-09-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
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