Fitch Rates Central Puget Sound RTA’s TIFIA Loan Agreement ‘AA+’

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has assigned the following Central Puget Sound Region Transit Authority, WA (Sound Transit or the authority) ratings: –$615,267,000 2016 Transit Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Loan (Northgate Project) ‘AA+’; –$1,990,267,000 TIFIA Loan Master Credit Agreement (MCA) ‘AA+’; –Issuer Default Rating (IDR) ‘AA+’. In addition, Fitch has upgraded the following outstanding rating: –$1,330,000,000 2015 TIFIA Loan (East Link Project) to ‘