The preliminary plan covers the 30-mile corridor through South County from Tukwila to Lynnwood, a planning area home to more than 500,000 people, where roughly 280,000 people commute each day. It's the culmination of 18 months of study and shows where elected officials along the corridor agree on hundreds of potential projects. Too much emphasis on light rail is bad baggage to throw onto the plan, said state Sen. Jim Horn, a Republican from Mercer Island and committee member. Horn is pushing Olympia legislators for transportation money and discouraged the committee from buying railroad property. A draft environmental study will be completed in April, with a final study due this fall.
Cost estimates are still preliminary.
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