NE 185th Street (Link station)

185th Street
Location NE 185th Street
Shoreline, Washington
Coordinates 47°45′48″N 122°19′24″W / 47.76333°N 122.32333°WCoordinates: 47°45′48″N 122°19′24″W / 47.76333°N 122.32333°W
Operated by Sound Transit
Line(s)
Tracks 2
History
Opening 2023[1]
Electrified 1,500 V DC, Overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Link Light Rail   Following station
NE 145th Street
toward Northgate
Lynnwood Link Extension
Under design
Mountlake Terrace
toward Lynnwood

The NE 185th Street station is a proposed Link Light Rail station at Northeast 185th Street in Shoreline, Washington. The Lynnwood Link Extension line is fully funded; there are several proposed alternatives for station siting in the Shoreline area, but they all include a station at 185th.[2] The station is proposed to be located on the north side of NE 185th Street, east of Interstate 5, either at grade or on an elevated segment of the line.[3][4]

Public involvement in planning

A community group recognized by Shoreline, called 185th Station-Area Citizens Committee (185SCC) was formed in 2012.[5][6] The formal planning process in Shoreline started in May, 2013.[2] Public involvement in the planning surrounding light rail in Shoreline is said to be greater than it was for the Central Link in central Seattle. The Central Link planning has been characterized as "ST went into their neighborhood, telling people what they were going to do and providing little avenue for community input or influence."[7]

Public involvement has not always been orderly. At a March, 2015 public forum in Shoreline on rezoning, the city's mayor threatened to have rowdy, shouting participants ejected by police.[8]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Lynnwood Link project phases, Sound Transit, retrieved 2015-04-02
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orr 2013.
  3. ↑ Sound Transit 2013a, p. 2-10.
  4. ↑ Sound Transit 2013b, p. 44.
  5. ↑ Shoreline 2015.
  6. ↑ Dipeso 2012.
  7. ↑ DKH 2013.
  8. ↑ Robertson 2015.

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