Content deleted Content added
SounderBruce (talk | contribs) m →Proposed Stations: caps |
SounderBruce (talk | contribs) update |
||
Line 39:
The [[Federal Transit Administration]] approved project development in December 2014, a prerequisite to federal grants for capital construction and vehicle acquisition.<ref name="CT-SwiftIIFTA">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=December 23, 2014 |title=FTA Approves Project Development for Swift II |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1591 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref> During the 2015 session of the [[Washington State Legislature]], Community Transit was granted the authority to increase [[sales tax]]es to fund operation of Swift II, pending voter approval via a [[ballot measure]];<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 16, 2015 |title=Community Transit Board Sends Sales Tax Measure to November Ballot |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1616 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref> the [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] also gave $6.8 million in funding to build the line's northern terminus at Seaway Transit Center.<ref name="CT-SwiftIIFTA"/> The ballot measure was approved by voters in November 2015, allowing for construction to begin sooner.<ref name="CT-SwiftIIFTA"/><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=November 10, 2015 |title=CEO Outlines "New Transit Legacy" for Snohomish County |url=https://communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1631 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=November 25, 2015}}</ref>
On August 12, 2016, Community Transit announced that the Swift II project would be known as the "Green Line", while the first line would become the "[[Swift Blue Line|Blue Line]]", and that the line would open in 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=August 12, 2016 |title=New Names: Swift Blue Line & Swift Green Line! |url=http://www.communitytransit.org/newsrelease/1663 |location=Everett, Washington |publisher=Community Transit |accessdate=August 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Green">{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=August 13, 2016 |title=Community Transit honors Seahawks with
Construction on the Seaway Transit Center began in May 2017 and is scheduled to be finished by mid-2018. Construction on the rest of the line is set to begin in summer 2017 and finish in early 2019.<ref name="Herald-Green"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Slager |first=Melissa |date=May 8, 2017 |title=Community Transit starts Paine Field work for rapid bus line |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/community-transit-starts-work-on-new-bus-rapid-transit-line/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 8, 2017}}</ref>
==Funding==
| |||