Here's a handout from the Washington State Department of Transportation to go with my blog post about the project

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WSDOT SoundTransit
lmprovements ^L N Pt. Defiance lmprovements
o Constructs new
. Constructs second single-track
track from South connection between
66th Street,past D Streetand
LakewoodStatibnand Chandler Street,
Bridgeport Way. includingnew bridge
. Safetyupgradesand over PacificAvenue.
improvements fiveto . Upgrades tracks
roadlrailgrade
crossings to Fircrest,:, betweenChandler
Streetand the new
accommodatethe ,,,University LakewoodStation,so
secondtrack.and so trainscan travelup to
trainscan travelup to Place 65 mph.
79 mph.
Segment 2: . Upgradeten road/
Puget
Sound railgradecrossings
. Upgrades tracks outsidethe WSDOT
and improves existing projectarea.
to
connection BNSF
Railway mainlineso . Constructsnew layover
trains can traveluo to facilityin Lakewood
40 mph from Nisqually for Sounder trainsto
to MountsRoadand stayovernight.
79 mph from Mounts
Roadto Bridgeport
way.
. Safety upgradesto Nisqually
five road/railgrade l{at'l Wildlife
Refuge
crossrngs.
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wsDor Project
area
Sound Transit
lmprovements
"r.."nffiiil
What theproiect
is timeline? Grade planned
crossings improvements
Environmental
and Began
Engineering Summer 2006
November
Publicand South74thStreet X X X
2006
AgencyOpenHouse SteilacoomBoulevardSW X X X X
& June2008
100thStreetSW X X X X
Environmental Completed 108thStreetSW X X X X
Process May 2007 BridgeportWaySW X X X X
Final(Complete)Design Winter CloverCreekDriveSW X X X
and Permitting 2007-2008 NorthThorneLaneSW X X X X
BerkeleyStreetSW X X X X
BeginConstruction Segment
1 June
on 2009 41stDivisionDrive X X X
(entrance N. FortLewis)
to
BarksdaleAvenue X X X
Gomplete
Construction Segment
on 1 uirtSl, (Dupont-SteilacoomRd)
BeginConstructionof Segment2 Spring Medians deter driving around gates.
improvements* 2010 Pre-Signals keep vehicles from backing up onto tracks.
Wayside Horns confine horn noise to the grade crossings.
*Construction Segment is dependent securing
on 2 on
funding theSound
for planned Street "M"
Transit "D" to
improvementsdowntown
Street in Tacoma.