The project was in the alternatives development phase between 20. The proposed OMF South will meet the cleaning, storage and maintenance needs of the company’s fleet of trains and have the capacity to accommodate 144 vehicles. Sound Transit is also planning to build an operations and maintenance facility (OMF) to support the extensions under the ST3 programme. The planned City Center, located between 12th Street E and 15th Street E, was identified as a preferred alternative location in the Fife area, while SF Parkway was chosen in the South Federal Way area with the station location at Enchanted Parkway and 352nd Street. The route along E 26th Street, between E Bay Street and Portland Avenue E, is the preferred alternative for the Portland Avenue station. Other alternatives being studied in the draft EIS include Tacoma 26th Street, Tacoma 25th-East, and Tacoma close to Sounder. The preferred alternative at the Tacoma Dome station is Tacoma 25th-West. The Fife and South Federal Way stations will feature two new parking facilities with approximately 500 spaces each. The project will create dedicated areas for drop-off and pick-up of commuters and the stations will be accessible to people arriving on foot and by bikes and other modes of transportation. The four stations in the link extension will offer connections to other transit options such as Tacoma Link, Intercity Transit, and King County Metro. It is expected to be integrated with Sounder service, Pierce Transit, Amtrak, Tacoma Link and Sound Transit buses. The Tacoma Dome station is planned to be developed as a multi-modal transit hub. It will link the Federal Way Transit Center Station, King County, to the Tacoma Dome Station area in Pierce County. The Tacoma Dome Link Extension will provide commuters with fast and frequent connectivity to residential and job centres across the South Sound region.

Details of Tacoma Dome Link Extension project TDLE is expected to start operations in 2030.

The selection of the final alignment and stations is anticipated in 2022 while construction is scheduled to start in 2025. The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) is underway and is expected to be published in 2021. The TDLE project, which is currently in the planning phase, will include mostly elevated tracks and four new light rail stations in the areas of Fife, Tacoma Dome, South Federal Way and East Tacoma/Portland Avenue, with connections to the regional light rail network.

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