http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/tacoma-city-council-favors-hilltop-area-light-rail-extension <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Tacoma is on the brink of more than doubling the length of its Sound Transit Link Light Rail line.</span></p><p>Under a plan just recommended by the Tacoma City Council, the current starter line between the Tacoma Dome and the city's downtown would extend north into the Hilltop neighborhood.&nbsp;</p><p> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:01:00 +0000 Bellamy Pailthorp 8530 at http://kplu.org Tacoma City Council favors Hilltop area for light rail extension http://kplu.org/post/light-rail-tunneling-begin-university-washington <p>Senator Patty Murray broke a bottle of champagne on a tunnel-boring machine near Husky Stadium to kick off work Monday on another link in the<a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/"> Sound Transit</a> light-rail system.</p><p>The $2 billion, three-mile tunnel will connect the university with Seattle&#39;s Capitol Hill neighborhood and the downtown Westlake Center. Mon, 16 May 2011 21:58:29 +0000 KPLU News Staff 1608 at http://kplu.org Light rail tunneling to begin at University of Washington