Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory

Description:

The Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) South project would construct and operate a new OMF in the South Corridor of Sound Transit’s Link light rail system. The facility would be used to store, maintain, and deploy light rail vehicles (LRVs) for daily service. Additionally, the facility would receive, test, and commission new LRVs for the entire light rail system. The OMF South would accommodate administrative and operational functions, such as serving as a report base for LRV operators. Included is a Maintenance of Way building for maintenance and storage of spare parts for tracks, vehicle propulsion equipment, train signals, and other infrastructure, in addition to storage facilities for the entire Link light rail system. Other facility elements would include employee and visitor parking, operations staff offices, maintenance staff offices, dispatcher work stations, an employee report room, and areas with lockers, showers, and restrooms for both operators and maintenance personnel. Additionally, OMF South would need to have tracks connecting to a light rail line that will be operating when the facility is planned to open, which in southern King County is the Federal Way Link Extension FWLE. In addition to build alternatives, the project will consider a No Build alternative.