A similar park-and-ride lot, on the south side of South 320th Street and east of the shopping mall, opened on November 5, 1979, using land donated by a local businessman.[3]
As part of the expansion of Link light rail by Sound Transit, the transit center is planned to be the southern terminus of the Federal Way Link Extension, which would extend light rail south from its current terminus at Angle Lake station to Federal Way. A voter-approved plan passed in 2008 proposed funding to design, but not construct, a light rail station and other bus and parking improvements at the transit center. In 2016, the Sound Transit 3 plan approved a 2024 completion date for light rail to Federal Way Transit Center, as well as a light rail extension from Federal Way to Tacoma to be opened by 2030.[4]
The preliminary design for the light rail station consists of an elevated platform along 23rd Avenue South that is located two blocks south of the current transit center. A second garage with 400 parking stalls would be built, along with transit-oriented development on the site of a former shopping center.[5] Demolition of several vacated retail buildings at the site began in April 2020.[6] A series of 35 murals by local artists were installed on the construction site's fences, but were damaged in an act of vandalism in August 2020.[7] Sound Transit officials called the incident racially-motivated, as the murals were primarily celebrating the area's Pacific Islander, Black, and Asian communities.[8]
Light rail service is expected to begin in 2026.[9]
Referencesedit
^Guadette, Karen (February 8, 2006). "New lots will make it easier to park, ride". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^"Federal Way Transit Center Boarding Locations". King County Metro. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^"$1 million park-and-ride lot in Federal Way opens". The Seattle Times. November 7, 1979. p. H8.
^Demay, Daniel (June 2, 2016). "Sound Transit approves faster timeline for next phases of light rail". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^"Federal Way Transit Center station area spotlight". Sound Transit. February 12, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
^Sullivan, Olivia (April 17, 2020). "Demolition of Federal Way buildings will make room for light rail". Federal Way Mirror. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
^"Public art murals slashed at Federal Way light rail construction site" (Press release). Sound Transit. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^Lindblom, Mike (September 1, 2020). "Sound Transit repairs Federal Way murals the agency says were slashed in acts of racism". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^Lindblom, Mike (May 26, 2023). "Wetlands bridge adds delay and $72 million to light-rail project". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
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