Sound Transit plans to expand the Link light rail network to and 70 stations by 2041, using funding approved by voters in 2008 and 2016 ballot measures. An extension from the University of Washington to Northgate is scheduled to open in 2021. Suburban extensions to Bellevue, Redmond, Lynnwood, and Federal Way are scheduled to open between 2023 and 2024. Later projects will expand the system to cover the metropolitan area from Everett to Tacoma, along with branches to Kirkland, Issaquah, and the Seattle neighborhoods of Ballard and West Seattle.