A Sound Transit Link extension project damaged Tacoma electrical facilities on two different days in August 2022, forcing power outages and nearly $400,000 in repair costs that the city has yet to be reimbursed for, according to a lawsuit.
The city of Tacoma has sued Sound Transit and two contractors who worked on the project, accusing the defendants of negligence and violating a state law that governs “willful and malicious” occurrences of such damages.
“The statute applies to the property damage at issue here, where Defendants knowingly damaged marked electrical facilities within the City of Tacoma, and failed to notify the City of the damage,” the lawsuit said…