Sound Transit faces $30B cost surge; no tax fix on the table so far

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(The Center Square) – Sound Transit’s capital project costs are projected to increase by up to $30 billion as a result of rising costs, but so far no tax proposals have been pitched to plug the gap.

Overall, the accumulative impact of cost pressures represents a 20% to 25% increase over the agency’s current long-range financial plan.

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