Sound Transit began construction of the new light rail that will run across the floating bridge over Lake Washington Wednesday.
WSDOT recently opened additional all-day high occupancy vehicle lanes in both directions as the center lanes were closed for the construction of the light rail tracks.
Before WSDOT opened the new full-time HOV lanes, traffic in the express lanes was limited to one way — westbound in the morning and eastbound at night. Vehicles, including buses, traveling opposite the…