[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19836]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Central Link 
Light Rail Transit Project

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public, tribes and agencies that an SEIS will be 
prepared to evaluate a new alternative in Tukwila, Washington for the 
Central Link Light Rail Transit Project. This action is a supplement to 
the Central Link Light Rail Transit Project Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (November 1999).

DATES: Agency Scoping Meeting: An agency scoping meeting will be held 
on: Thursday, August 10, 2000, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tukwila 
Community Center, 12424 42nd Avenue South, Tukwila, WA.
    Scoping comments may be submitted after the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Witmer, Federal Transit 
Administration, 915 2nd Avenue Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, 
Telephone: 206-220-7964. James Irish, Sound Transit, 401 South Jackson 
St., Seattle, WA 98104-2826, Telephone: 206-398-5140

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  FTA and the Puget Sound Regional Transit 
Authority (Sound Transit) will prepare an SEIS on a new light rail 
alternative route in the City of Tukwila known as the Tukwila Freeway 
Route. The Tukwila Freeway Route alternative was proposed by the City 
of Tukwila and follows East Marginal Way, State Route 509, Interstate-
5, and State Route 518, mostly using an elevated configuration within 
existing freeway right-of-way. Stations are proposed at (1) Boeing 
Access Road and (2) South 154th Street, which would include a 670-stall 
park-and-ride lot. This 5.5 mile alternative route would bypass the 
adopted route along Tukwila International Boulevard (State Route 99) 
and be completely within exclusive right-of-way.

    Issued on: August 1, 2000.
Linda M. Gehrke,
Federal Transit Administration Deputy Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-19836 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-51-P