Reminder: Sound Transit East Link Open House Tonight

Don't forget: Sound Transit and the City of Bellevue will jointly host an open house tonight (April 26) to discuss design options and cost saving ideas for the East Link light rail project.

The open house will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26 at .

Sound Transit and the City of Bellevue are looking for .

An agreement between the agency and the city means that Bellevue will cover $100 million of that cost with tax breaks, property acquisition and other actions. The city also plans to cover $60 million of the cost of the tunnel with cash -- unless cost savings can be found in the line through Bellevue.

But city officials emphasized to Sound Transit Monday night that their main concern is minimizing the impact to the nearby neighborhoods and not necessarily the costs.

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Ideas being considered include moving the historic Winters House, realigning Bellevue Way, changing the elevation of a light rail track near Surrey Downs, but none of the ideas are final, according to Sound Transit.

The ideas will get further design and engineering and Sound Transit plans to incorporate the money-saving concepts into its East Link plans by June.

Construction on the line is expected to be from 2015-2022 and service is expected by 2023.

Check out more Bellevue Patch coverage of Sound Transit's plans for East Link.