Sound Transit 3: Comments on the current draft extended till Monday May 2 @ 5PM. http://soundtransit3.org/survey

A draft is available for review of the $50 billion Sound Transit 3 long-range plan to extend light rail from Everett to Tacoma, to the Eastside, and with links from downtown to Ballard and West Seattle (http://soundtransit3.org/draft-plan#map). Voters will be asked to approve the plan in November 2016.

A series of seven public meetings around the region starts on April 19:

• Ballard—April 19, Ballard High School, 1418 NW 65th St.
• Tacoma—April 21, Evergreen State College Tacoma, 1210 6th Ave.
• Everett—April 25, Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave.
• West Seattle—April 26, West Seattle High School, 3000 California Ave. SW
• Redmond—April 27, Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th St.
• Federal Way—April 28, Todd Beamer High School, 35999 16th Ave. S
• Seattle (daytime)—11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. April 28, Union Station, 401 S Jackson St.

Except for the daytime meeting in Seattle on April 28, all of the meetings will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with presentations at 6 p.m. For residents’ convenience, the meetings in Ballard, West Seattle, Redmond and Federal Way will coincide with King County Metro Transit Long-Range Plan public meetings (more information at kcmetrovision.org).