HERBOLD: ST3 light rail to West Seattle cost estimate increases Mon, 01/18/2021 District 1 City Councilmember Lisa Herbold offered this update on the cost increases recently announced by Sound Transit regarding the extensions to West Seattle and Ballard Sound Transit committees have received two recent briefings about cost increases for the West Seattle/Ballard light rail project. January 7 Executive Committee Last week the Sound Transit Board Executive Committee received estimated cost increases for the West Seattle/Ballard light rail project. Other projects included in the 2016 ballot measure have increases as well. The Sound Transit Board is engaging in a realignment process, scheduled to run through a decision point on program realignment in July, 2021. The page notes,