The Federal Way Link Extension is a Sound Transit Link light rail extension that will travel 7.8 miles south from Sea-Tac Airport to Federal Way downtown, along the west side of Interstate 5, including 3 new stations. Swift Company’s scope is the design and documentation of corridor restoration which will reestablish the regional lowland forest landscape, and the design of the station areas, which will serve as community hubs stitching together transit-oriented development with generous public open spaces designed to bolster the urban forest and provide new places for people.
The transit corridor of aerial and at-grade light rail guideway requires mass restoration re-stitching of the urban forest. With 73 acres being revegetated in Puget Sound Lowland Forest, existing trees salvaged for reuse, and vegetated buffer for adjacent neighbors, significant contributions are being made to restore the lost canopy from construction and offset carbon impacts from the light rail project.
The system will serve roughly 30,000 people daily by 2026, supporting growth management objectives and addressing issues of access to housing and jobs in the Puget Sound Basin.
