Central Link Light Rail Project

• Scenario 4 (Capitol Hill to Henderson) should be the MOS-1 (initial operating segment) -- it has over twice the ridership compared to the likely alternative, Convention Place to Henderson.
• Regional, County, and City growth mangagement plans require Link to serve dense urban centers such as Capitol Hill, First Hill and the University District to support mandated growth in these areas.
• Sound Transit should study the feasibility of a tunnel crossing at the Montlake cut.
• The Eastlake alignment has been looked at many times in the past, and has always been rejected in favor of Capitol Hill. It has huge problems -- lack of ridership, community opposition, etc. It makes no sense to look at it "just one more time".
• Sound Transit should aggressively pursue the highest possible level of federal support for the Link project. Secure the $500 M from TEA-21 as quickly as possible, and then be first in line for more federal money at the beginning of the next cycle (FY2004).
• Sound Transit should also aggressively pursue a State contribution to Link -- at a minimum, State sales tax should be rebated.
• South-oriented MOS-1 won't serve a very large population nor generate a very large ridership -- it would have to terminate at Henderson, since the route through Tukwila is still undecided.
• North terminus at CPS would make it difficult to resume building to the north later on, particularly if the preferred Capitol Hill tunnel alignment were chosen.

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John Deeter 6/15/01

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