Local businesses hurting as SDOT construction delays continue to pile up

Construction work began on the Tacoma Link service Sunday, July 31, with the light rail closing until 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 in order to open its 2.4-mile extension next year, disrupting local businesses in the process.

“I was told lies across the board. We were told this was a worthwhile project. It’s not,” Steven Salamone, owner of Salamone’s Pizza, said on the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. “We were told that they would keep the closures to a minimum. That they would run through it as quickly as possible. This is an absolute miscarriage of justice.”

The extension is set to have six new stations as free bus

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