Tacoma Dome Link Extension
Port of Tacoma Commission | 3.21.19
Item No. 4A Date of Meeting: March 21, 2019
Project overview
Technical evaluation results
Next steps & scoping information
Agenda
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Federal Way Transit Center to Tacoma Dome• Length: 9.7 miles• Stations: 4 (2 parking garages)• Scheduled opening in 2030
Operations and Maintenance Facility –South • Scheduled opening in 2026• South King County
Tacoma Dome Link Extension (TDLE)
TDLE alternatives development process
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TDLE project timeline
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
GroundbreakingConstruction updatesand mitigationSafety educationTesting and pre-operations
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Final route designFinal station designsProcure and commission station and public artObtain land use and development agreementsBegin property acquisition
PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2022–2025 2025–2030
START OFSERVICE
2016Alternatives development • Investigation of
alternatives• Board identifies
Preferred AlternativeEnvironmental review • Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS)• Final EISBoard selects project to be builtFederal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)
2030
2018–2022
Alternatives development processPLANNING
DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2018–2022
2025–20302016Alternatives development (2018-2019)• Investigation of
alternatives• Board identifies
Preferred AlternativeEnvironmental review (2019-2022)• Draft EIS• Final EISBoard selects project to be builtFederal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENTPreferred Alternative and other EIS alternatives
Summer 2019
TDLE Level 2 evaluation results
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Level 2 alternatives
Effective transportation solutions
Land use and economic development and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
Preserve the environment
Equitable mobility
Financially sustainable and constructible
Final evaluation criteria categories
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Level 2 alternatives: East Tacoma
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East Tacoma: Alternatives with more potential
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(ET 3A) connects with “more potential” Tacoma Dome alternatives
(ET 3A)Closest to
destinations south of I-5
East Tacoma: Alternatives with greater challenges
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Farthest from destinations south of I-5
Higher potential for freight impacts
(ET 3B & 5)Connects to more challenging station in Tacoma Dome area
Tacoma Dome & East Tacoma station areas
Fife: Level 2 alternatives
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Fife: Alternatives with more potential
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Fewer property Impacts (3A)
Location in planned City Center, greater potential development opportunity
Fife: Alternatives with greater challenges
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Higher potential impacts to freight
movement
Higher potential of residential impacts
Higher impacts to major economic
activity generators
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TDLE more potential alternatives, end-to-endBased on preliminary technical analysis
EIS Scoping & Next Steps
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What is EIS scoping for TDLE?
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• Start of federal environmental review process
• 30-day public comment period, April 1-May 1 (tentative)
• Seeking public feedback on scope of EIS
• Preferred alternative and other alternatives for further study
• Topics to study (e.g. economics, displacements, ecosystems)
• Purpose and need
• Informs Board decision on what to study in EIS
Next steps for TDLE*
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April(tentative)
EIS scoping period, including:• Online and in-person
open houses• Formal comments
encouraged
MarchBriefings on Level 2 evaluation results to: • To Cities & Tribal staff
& elected officials• ELG and SG
meetings
May-June(tentative)
Building consensus around preferred alternative and other options, including:• Scoping summary report• SG feedback • City/Tribal Councils’ post-
scoping guidance to ELG • ELG recommendation to ST
Board
Preliminary schedule to reach a preferred alternative
*dates are subject to change
Next steps*
Next ELG meetings(tentative)
• May 31• June 14
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ST Board identifies preferred alternative and other alternatives for EIS • TDLE: July 2019
EIS Scoping• OMF South:
Feb. 19 – April 1
• TDLE: April 1 – May 1 (tentative)
ST Board identifies sites for environmental review • OMF South: May 2019
*dates are subject to change
soundtransit.org/tdlink
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Questions?