The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will share concepts for a new Amtrak station at Freighthouse Square during a public workshop next week in Tacoma.
The new station is part of the Point Defiance Bypass, which will reroute passenger trains to an existing rail line along the west side of Interstate 5 through south Tacoma, Lakewood and DuPont. Architects hired by the City of Tacoma and WSDOT produced concepts based on comments received during two January station conversations, as well as through email, letters, and Web postings.
“This workshop will be interactive, providing the opportunity for the public to see several ideas and provide feedback,” said WSDOT Cascades rail program manager David Smelser. “Station locations throughout the Freighthouse Square building were considered. We will show pros and cons from the evaluation criteria for each of the location options.”
The workshop will be held on Weds., Feb. 19, between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the east end of Freighthouse Square, 453 E. 25th St., in the Rainier Room. More information is available online here.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Point Defiance Bypass Project, click on the following links:
- Design discussion continues on Freighthouse Square Amtrak Station (Tacoma Daily Index, January 23, 2014)
- WSDOT: Feds approve $89M Point Defiance Bypass rail project (Tacoma Daily Index, March 4, 2013)
- Engineers complete enviro study for $89M Point Defiance Bypass project (Tacoma Daily Index, October 8, 2012)
- Tacoma City Council to discuss Point Defiance bypass project (Tacoma Daily Index, September 19, 2011)
- Pt. Defiance, South Tacoma rail line re-route meeting Nov. 15 (Tacoma Daily Index, November 8, 2010)
- WSDOT to study $91M Point Defiance high-speed rail project (Tacoma Daily Index, May 11, 2010)
- 2 Tacoma rail projects recommended for federal stimulus funds (Tacoma Daily Index, March 22, 2010)
