Larsen talks federal funding for Snohomish County transit projects

LYNNWOOD — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, stepped from the platform at Mountlake Terrace Transit Center onto the light rail train bound for Lynnwood City Center on Wednesday afternoon.

This wouldn’t have been possible eight months ago — or without more than $1 billion in federal funding.

Now that the light rail extension from Northgate to Lynnwood is complete, Sound Transit is looking forward to another extension to Everett.

But funding for this project, and other transportation projects throughout the county, may be in jeopardy. The U.S. Department of Transportation is currently reviewing 3,200 grants previously awarded by the Biden administration.

“This administration wants to build roads and bridges and highways. They are not interested in building out transit and transit rail in places like the Pacific Northwest or other areas of the country, despite the fact that we’ve seen successful ridership increases in our system,” Larsen said during a Sound Transit Link ride with The Daily Herald.

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