Four finalists vie for $165M electrification of Metro SoDo basesAssociate Editor By SHAWNA GAMACHE Associate EditorPhotos from King County Metro [enlarge] The work includes adding charging infrastructure to Metro’s existing 24-acre Central/Atlantic bases and 8.5-acre Ryerson base, all in SoDo. [enlarge] King County’s new all-electric Tukwila Base is serving as prototype for future projects. NEW TUKWILA BASE SERVES AS MODELConstruction wrapped last year on Tukwila Base. NEW SOUTH ANNEX TIMELINE UNCLEARIn addition to the SoDo electrification project now shortlisted, Metro has been planning a new South Annex Base also in Tukwila, northwest of its South Base and new Tukwila base. The agency has eight bases in all: one in Shoreline and two in Bellevue, along with South Base, Tukwila Base, and the three in SoDo.