Sound Transit held a board meeting recently to discuss how the agency is in a $35 billion budget deficit, but had a keen idea for making up the losses: start delaying projects.
Some of the delays include the Ballard Link Extension, the South Kirkland to Issaquah Link delayed until 2050, the discontinuation of Sounder North Service planned for 2033, and several park-and-ride garage upgrades being canceled or deferred in Tacoma, Everett, Sammamish, and Renton.
Jake Skorheim, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, called for someone in Sound Transit to be fired over the agency’s mismanagement…