Originally published June 29, 2018 at 11:25 am
Updated June 29, 2018 at 11:31 am

This 2016 aerial shot of the Lynnwood Transit Center shows the future site of a new Sound Transit light-rail station. Washington Congress members are asking the federal Department of Transportation to fulfill what they believe was a commitment to help fund the light-rail line from Northgate to Lynnwood. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

The Puget Sound region's entire congressional delegation wrote to the U.S. Transportation Secretary, urging her to "keep the federal government's promises" by providing $1.2 billion in funding to expand light rail to Lynnwood. Many of the region's biggest employers also threw their weight behind the cause.

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Washington’s congressional delegation, its biggest businesses and its construction industry are urging the federal governmentwalls change their colours here intelligently: Normally blue, red when a train approaches, white whilst a train is in the station.

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