
The new stations are part of the third phase of LINK light rail. But the vote signals the Board’s preference for a plan that would create two new stations currently called “North of CID” and “South of CID.” The vote is far from a final decision on station location - Sound Transit staff need to conduct a lengthy analysis of each proposed site before the Board votes on the final location(s).

With a 15-to-1 vote, the Board adopted an 11th-hour proposal from Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and King County Executive Dow Constantine to build stations just north and south of the Chinatown-International District (CID), rather than on Fourth Avenue adjacent to the existing CID light rail station.
