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Article: Sound Transit Agrees to Build Light Rail From Seattle to SeaTac

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November 30, 2001
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SEATTLE (AP) - Clearing one last hurdle, the Sound Transit board voted 14-2 Thursday to build a 14-mile light-rail line from downtown Seattle to the city of SeaTac.

Construction on the $2.1 billion Central Link project could begin as early as next summer, putting light rail on course for a mid- 2009 opening.

"It's an important step, and we are excited," said Sound Transit spokesman Geoff Stuckart.

As proposed, the 33-minute route would start near the Convention Center downtown, then continue south through the Rainier Valley and Tukwila before ending at a park-and-ride lot at South 154th Street and Washington 518 in SeaTac - about a mile shy of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. From ...

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