A proposal by King County Metro to eliminate an East Hill bus route and the overall lack of service to an area north of SE 240th Street didn’t go over well with the Kent City Council.

The implementation of new routes isn’t planned until fall 2026 but Metro staff presented proposed changes to the council at its Aug. 19 Committee of the Whole meeting. It’s all part of Metro’s South Link Connections project in South King County to improve service with the opening in December of this year of Sound Transit’s Federal Way Link Extension of light rail between SeaTac and Federal Way on the West Hill.

Council members oppose Metro’s plan to cut Route 162 and counting on seniors and immigrants knowing how to use the Metro Flex a pp , an on-demand transit service of smaller vehicles to neighborho

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