Sound Transit Insists It Has No Idea When Light Rail Will Reach Ballard

Just weeks before a vote to overhaul the voter-approved Sound Transit 3 (ST3) expansion plan, agency leaders are insisting that estimating opening dates for deferred stations like those in Seattle’s Ballard, Interbay, Hillman City neighborhoods is impossible. Nonetheless, estimates for opening dates remain a core request from the Seattle delegation on Sound Transit’s 18-member board.