Hundreds Turn Out for Save Ballard Rail March

About 300 people marched Sunday in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood to support the planned Ballard Link light rail extension, which faces budget cuts and possible indefinite delay. Sound Transit’s project costs ballooned from $12 billion to over $20 billion, prompting the agency to consider truncating the line before reaching Ballard. Local and state leaders, including Seattle Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck and State Senator Noel Frame, urged Sound Transit to complete the project as promised to voters in 2016.