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Clerk 10/15/2026
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AN ORDINANCE establishing the alignment and station locations of RapidRide R Line.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Via Ordinance 18449, enacted February 1, 2017, the King County council adopted the Metro Connects long-range transit service and capital plan, which identified an expanded network of bus rapid transit lines, also known as RapidRide lines, for future implementation, including the RapidRide R Line along the Rainier Avenue South corridor between Downtown Seattle and Rainier Beach.
2. Via Motion 14956, passed September 18, 2017, the council approved a report on the implementation of new RapidRide lines as required by Ordinance 18409, Section 132, Proviso P5, titled Implementation of New RapidRide Lines/Metro Connects RapidRide Expansion, which identified the RapidRide R Line as one of the next-generation RapidRide lines to be implemented.
3. Via Ordinance 18835, enacted November 14, 2018, the council adopted, and the executive signed the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, which included capital project 1132326 to implement the RapidRide R Line.
4. Via Ordinance 19210, enacted November 30, 2020, the council adopted, and the executive signed the 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Ordinance, which recognized that the RapidRide R, J, and K Lines, for which community engagement and capital planning efforts had already been initiated, had been proposed to be deferred indefinitely due to the impacts of the pandemic on the Metro transit department and required a report addressing efforts to implement the deferred RapidRide lines as quickly as possible.
5. Via Ordinance 19364, enacted December 8, 2021, the council amended the 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Ordinance to provide funding to continue planning and project delivery work for the RapidRide K and R Lines and directed the Metro transit department to make progress on planning for the R Line to prepare to transition from the planning phase to the project delivery phase during the 2023-...
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