Sound Transit updating long-range plan and publishes final supplemental EIS

Sound Transit is currently updating its Long-Range Plan, which is the blueprint for how and where the regional transit system should expand in the future. After updating the plan, the Board could advance a regional ballot measure for consideration by voters as soon as November 2016.

The Long-Range Plan process achieved a major milestone this week with the publication of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, (FSEIS).

The FSEIS addresses, in part, the public comments they received on the plan this summer. The FEIS will also help inform the Board as it adopts the updated Long-Range Plan, which is expected in December.

Considering future expansions is very timely now, because a million more residents are expected to be living in the region by 2040.