In the weeks since Sound Transit fulfilled its mission to cross Lake Washington, with the world’s only passenger trains on a floating bridge, the community’s grand-opening high is wearing off.
Accusations of betrayal and poor management are suddenly widespread as the region struggles to launch its next light rail routes. Stations promised to voters in 2016 — in Ballard, South Seattle and Tukwila — were deemed unaffordable in a proposed project list this month, putting their futures in doubt.