(The Center Square) – Sound Transit’s West Seattle Link Extension project is now projecting estimated costs to total around $7 billion as the agency’s board of directors approve selected routes and stations.

Sound Transit’s new cost estimate for the West Seattle Link Extension is set between $6.7 billion and $7.1 billion. The project’s final Environmental Impact Statement from September previously estimated the project to cost between $5.1 billion and $5.6 billion, 27% less than the new projection of the maximum estimated $7.1 billion price tag.