Sound Transit Delays West Seattle Link Extension to 2035

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Vancouver's Broadway Subway Delayed to Fall 2027

  Arbutus Station, Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  

  Starts 10/31/2027DELAYED2 years late68% CONFIDENCEin 1.1 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "testing continuing in stages throughout 2027 ahead of the planned opening in autumn 2027."

  A five-kilometre SkyTrain extension meant to unlock a taller, denser Broadway Corridor in Vancouver has slipped from its original early-2026 target to autumn 2027.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Sound Transit's 1 Line Opens to Federal Way

  Federal Way Downtown station, Federal Way, WA 98003Sound Transit

  

  Starts 12/06/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE291 days agoSound Transit's^[1] opening-day release, dated 6 December 2025, says riders can board the extension "starting today".

  The nearly 8-mile extension runs south from Angle Lake along I-5 and adds Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown stations. Sound Transit moved the $2.5 billion project's opening up from an earlier target of March 2026.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth

  Renforth Drive at Eglinton Avenue West, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2031DELAYED8 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 5.3 yearsThe article says only that "The extension is expected to open in 2031", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits on the last day of that year.^[1]

  The 9.2-kilometre westward extension of Line 5 Eglinton adds seven stations - four underground, two elevated and one in an open trench - ending at a trenched terminal at Renforth beside the eastern end of the Mississauga Transitway. Construction was estimated in 2026 at CA$3.97 billion, up from CA$2.47 billion a decade earlier.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  CTA Breaks Ground on the Red Line Extension to 130th Street

  Future Michigan Avenue station, S Michigan Ave at 116th St, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Transit Authority

  

  Starts 04/24/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE152 days agoCTA's own release is dated April 24, 2026 and describes the groundbreaking as having happened, with "the new extension and stations [...] expected to be completed and in service in 2030".^[1]

  The Chicago Transit Authority started building the $5.7 billion, 5.5-mile extension of the Red Line south from 95th/Dan Ryan, with a ceremony at the site of the future Michigan Avenue station. Four new accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street will bring rapid transit to the Far South Side for the first time.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  SFO's Terminal 3 West Expansion Opens

  Terminal 3, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128San Francisco International Airport

  

  Starts 09/01/2027ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 343 daysThe builder's announcement says the expansion "is scheduled to open in the fall of 2027", a season rather than a day.^[1]

  Turner broke ground on 5 September 2024 on the $2.6 billion modernization of SFO's Terminal 3: a 200,000-square-foot expansion, 650,000 square feet of renovation and a new six-story building holding airline lounges and operational offices. The eastern addition follows in 2029.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Scarborough Subway Extension Opens on Line 2

  Scarborough Centre, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2033DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsThe article says "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033", a year with no fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2033.^[1]

  The 7.8-kilometre extension carries Line 2 Bloor-Danforth east from Kennedy station to three new stops - Lawrence and McCowan, Scarborough Centre and a terminal at McCowan and Sheppard - replacing the Line 3 RT shut in 2023, and is projected to carry about 105,000 trips a day. Infrastructure Ontario values the stations, rail and systems contract alone at $5.7 billion.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Chuo Shinkansen Maglev Delayed to 2035

  Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, JapanCentral Japan Railway

  

  Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED8 years late57% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsJR Central said in 2024 that 2027 was impossible and that the line would not open before 2034; in 2025 that slipped again to no earlier than 2035, which is what Wikipedia's^[2] infobox now gives (citing Asahi Shimbun, 29 October 2025). Dated to the last day of 2035, the earliest year now stated.

  JR Central's Chuo Shinkansen maglev line, meant to cut Tokyo-Nagoya travel to around 40 minutes, has slipped from a planned 2027 opening to no earlier than 2035.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes

  Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  BQE Rebuild Pushed Back to a 2030 Start

  Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA

  

  Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED70% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsStreetsblog's^[3] report of 24 August 2026 on the new mayoral plan - 'Construction will start in 2030, wrap up in 2040', a 10-year $4 billion rebuild - is newer than the NYC^[2] DOT project page's 2029 start, which is where the pin's earlier date came from. No day is given, so it is dated to the last day of 2030.

  New York's plan to rebuild the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway now targets a 2030 construction start after yet another mayoral reset.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Surrey Langley SkyTrain

  Surrey, British Columbia, CanadaTransLink

  

  Starts 12/31/2029SCHEDULED82% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: the line "is on track to be opened for service in late 2029."

  Metro Vancouver is spending CAD $6BN extending the SkyTrain Expo Line 16km from Surrey to Langley, after scrapping a cheaper light-rail plan that would already have opened.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Major Construction Starts on SEA's S Concourse Rebuild

  South Satellite, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, SeaTac, WA 98158Port of Seattle

  

  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsThe Port of Seattle says the work has "major construction scheduled to start in 2027", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  The Port of Seattle's S Concourse Evolution project adds 150,000 square feet to the 1973 satellite concourse that handles most of SEA's international flights, including a new upper concourse level and dual-level boarding at selected gates, reusing customs space freed when the International Arrivals Facility opened in 2022. All phases are estimated to finish by 2034.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  McCook Reservoir's Second Stage Delayed to 2032

  McCook, Cook County, Illinois, USAMetropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

  

  Starts 12/31/2032DELAYED3 years late69% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsDelayed from the original 2029 deadline, per the source^[1]: "the current estimate for McCook Stage 2 going online is now Dec. 31, 2032."

  The next phase of Chicago's giant Deep Tunnel flood-control reservoir has slipped three years behind its original federal deadline because of a local stone shortage.

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