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July 31, 2020

$3.1B light rail extension starts by clearing trees, buildings, dirt

By BENJAMIN MINNICK
Journal Construction Editor

Photo by Benjamin Minnick [enlarge]
Dump trucks haul dirt from the hillside next to I-5 in south SeaTac.

Sound Transit officially broke ground earlier this month on the $3.1 billion Federal Way Link extension, though crews have been busy for months clearing trees and vegetation to make way for the light rail track that will mostly run along Interstate 5.


 
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