June 21, 2011 By News Staff In this image, two boring machines
are being assembled in Fife, Wash., in preparation for a project
to drill dual tunnels from downtown Seattle to the University of
Washington. The tunnels are part of a 3.15 mile, $1.9 billion
extension to the Sound Transit light rail system. The machines
got underway in late May. The extension will be opened to the
public in September 2016 and Sound Transit officials estimate it
will add 70,000 more daily passengers to the system by 2030. The
agency has already created more than 2,000 new jobs. Photo
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