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Light Rail and Bellevue

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Bellevue's Best Practices

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Sound Transit crews continue to do soil sampling work along proposed routes in preparation for the East Link light rail project. The latest work, beginning as early as Monday, Aug. 16, takes place at Surrey Downs Park along 112th Avenue Northeast; more work, beginning as early as Wednesday, Aug. 18, takes place nearby on Southeast First Place.

East Link is a voter-approved project to extend light rail from Seattle, across Lake Washington on Interstate 90, through Bellevue and on to the Overlake Transit Center in Redmond.

It is a Sound Transit project, but Bellevue residents, directly and through the City Council, are offering input about the route through Bellevue. Before issuing recommendations about the route, the council completed a Light Rail Best Practices project, which studied light rail systems in other cities with the intent of applying the lessons learned to Bellevue.

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These web pages provide background and additional information on Bellevue's involvement with East Link. To learn more about East Link or discuss an issue:

Bellevue City Council: 425-452-7810 or council@bellevuewa.gov

Bellevue staff: Bernard van de Kamp, 425-452-6459 or bvandekamp@bellevuewa.gov

Sound Transit staff: Katie Kuciemba, 206-398-5459 or katie.kuciemba@soundtransit.org

Contact Information

City Council
450 110th Ave. NE
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009
Phone: 425-452-7810
Fax: 425-452-7919
E-mail: council@bellevuewa.gov

Transportation
450 110th Ave. NE
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009
Contact: Bernard van de Kamp
Phone: 425-452-6459
E-mail: bvandekamp@bellevuewa.gov

Related Links

Sound Transit East Link External Web Link