Light Rail Boom

[mhays]

They don't need to worry about passage, and don't need to worry too much about timing outside of their own process. It'll get a big majority. Glancing through the bill I don't see turnout requirements, but a measure like this would get good turnout.

The key phases of ST3 are lined up well for a quick election. The Ballard and West Seattle Link extensions have completed a draft EIS. I don't know the exact process, but we need to make choices in the near term on a bunch of alignment options and scope aspects. They've already defined the "preferred" options at the staff level, which we'll redo.

My guess is the ST board will be quick. They'll use the EIS data to create an augmented vs. baseline scenario, then present the choice to the voters within a year. The augmented scenario will include a more expensive version of each extension built on a faster schedule.