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8/20/2020
Sound Transit yesterday announced that Atkinson Construction crews have completed the civil construction of the light-rail tunnel that will connect the East Main and Bellevue Downtown stations when the East Link light-rail extension in Seattle begins operating in 2023.
By adapting to different ground conditions, the contracted crews were able to complete the tunnel excavation five months earlier than expected, which helped keep the project on schedule despite delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sound Transit officials said in a press release.
Excavation of the one-third-mile-long tunnel began in 2017.
Stacy and Witbeck/Atkinson, the stations contractor for the segment of East Link that runs from downtown Bellevue to the Spring District, is continuing to install track inside the tunnel.
East Link will extend light-rail 14 miles from downtown Seattle to downtown Bellevue and the Overlake area of Redmond, and include 10 stations.