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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information now.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'>ST News Release: Link service returns to normal tomorrow, July 21<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all. Please see the press release below regarding the early reopening of the northbound platform at the Columbia City Station. Sound Transit is pleased to have completed this work sooner than expected so as to limit the impact on passengers. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be conducting another similar event to make more repairs later in September. Please provide me any feedback regarding how we can improve communications to minimize the impact this necessary event will have on passengers with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Donna<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><a name="_Hlk105148024"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><img width=134 height=74 style='width:1.3958in;height:.7708in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D89C2E.B196D330" alt="ST logo vert BLK"></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><h1 style='margin:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>July 20, 2022</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Link service returns to normal tomorrow, July 21<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>“Future Ready” work at Columbia City Station completed four days ahead of schedule; trains will operate on regular schedule with start of service Thursday <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Beginning with the start of service Thursday, July 21, Link light rail will return to normal operations as platform work at the Columbia City Station wraps up four days ahead of schedule. The northbound platform at the Columbia City Station, which had been closed for construction, will be reopened, and all trains will run on a regular schedule between Northgate and Angle Lake Stations. Passengers should be aware that for a period during the transition back to regular service, trip planners may not display accurate information. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'>“We thank our riders for their patience as we undertake the work necessary to build <span style='color:black'>a safe and improved system ready for our next phase of growth,”</span> said Sound Transit Interim CEO Brooke Belman. “Thanks to the hard work of the construction crew, we are able to resume regular service earlier than we had originally planned.” <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To enable platform work at Columbia City Station, one track was closed to remove the existing platform tiles and replace them after establishing a new surface they will reliably adhere to, eliminating tripping hazards and safety risks from cracking tiles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A second two-week period of construction will take place on the southbound platform at Columbia City station from August 19 to September 1, necessitating single-tracking at the station. During this time, trains will operate with the same frequencies as they did for the previous closure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Every other 1-Line train headed south will terminate at Stadium Station rather than continuing southward on the single open track, which will need to alternate between serving southbound and northbound trains. Passengers on the half of trains that must terminate at Stadium Station will have to wait approximately 10 minutes before boarding the next trains south.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>In preparation for the upcoming work, passengers should sign up for </span></span><a href="https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WASOUND/subscriber/new?qsp=WASOUND_1" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Rider Alerts</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> to make sure they receive further information as it becomes available. Throughout the service impacts, the agency will be providing frequent communication with passengers to help them plan their rides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The work at the Columbia City station is the first in a series of “Future Ready” projects Sound Transit will undertake before the Link system expands from 26 to 58 miles within the next few years, which will prevent impacts to far greater numbers of passengers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Later phases of Future Ready work, for which full details will be announced in advance, include electrical work to minimize future Downtown Seattle disruptions and work to replace more than three miles of overhead wire between Rainier Beach and Tukwila International Boulevard stations to increase reliable train performance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk105148024'></span><p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 style='text-indent:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 style='text-indent:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CONTACT:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> John Gallagher (206) 689-4980 or </span><a href="mailto:john.gallagher@soundtransit.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>john.gallagher@soundtransit.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 style='margin-right:1.0in;text-indent:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph align=center style='margin-right:.75in;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>— </span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sound Transit: Connecting more people to more places to make life better and create equitable opportunities for all. 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