Transit staff says CEO Goran Sparrman left the choice of contractors to the agency's professional procurement staff, to avoid any whiff of favoritism.

If the operational work isn't done immediately, Sound Transit said it could threaten performance and compromise safety.

Sound Transit has been preparing a site along SW Genesee for geotechnical work that they tell us will start on Monday. From the announcement: ... Sound Transit plans to conduct a geotechnical boring for soil analysis behind the guardrail along eastbound lanes of the West Seattle Bridge.

Sound Transit's CEO has declared frequent train stalls and outages to be an emergency, so the agency can move faster on engineering and fixes this year.