The Eastside rail corridor
The plaintiffs say port officials overstepped their authority by purchasing the 42-mile Eastside rail corridor and misused port tax money to buy it from BNSF Railway Company.
In a response to the lawsuit filed in court, the Port’s lawyers said the acquisition was “fully within the Port of Seattle authority.”
The Port’s lawyers say it “preserves a substantial and irreplaceable asset that will allow the Port of Seattle and other regional partners to address the region’s growing transportation needs, provides a necessary link to an interstate railroad system, and provides an essential alternative transportation corridor in case of a natural or manmade disaster.”