Light rail is coming.
Planners say the changes have been in the works for over a year.
But neighborhood activist Angela Ford of Save Our Valley says the changes have only appeared in the last month as a fait accompli. Both projects are in the midst of major Seattle Housing Authority remodeling efforts. They are included in Sound Transit's quarter-mile radius overlays, within which some 2,000 new housing units are projected to be added over the next 20 years. Little attention has been given so far to the radical nature of the changes SHA is planning. Also not receiving much attention has been the proposed change in the nature of the housing.