In 1994, a study was conducted to identify costs, timelines and strategies necessary to rebuild existing Pierce County road maintenance facilities. The study found that a centralized facility for road maintenance crews could be built faster and more economically than rebuilding separate facilities.

As a result of the 1994 study, a new facilities plan was developed in 2002 that outlined a Combined Maintenance Facility, later renamed the Central Maintenance Facility (CMF). The new facility will increase operational and safety efficiencies and be able to accommodate the various needs of road maintenance crews.

• 45-acre site
  
  
• 160,000 square feet
  
  
• Safe and reliable maintenance facility
  
  
• Back-up emergency operations center
  
  
• Public meeting space
  
  
• Improvements to South 192nd to prevent flooding
  
  
• Canyon Road Extension built from 192nd St E. to 200th St E
  
  
• Traffic signal improvements at 192nd St and 200th St

• Improved work environment
  
  
• Centralized location
  
  
• Improved customer service/more efficient response times
  
  
• Access to modernized equipment for road crews

• The total cost of the new Central Maintenance Facility is $35 million.
  
  
• Taxpayers save an estimated $6 million over the next 20 years
  
  
• Savings are expected to continue over the 50-year life span of the CMF.
  
  
• 68% of the purchase price will be re-invested in road improvements near the CMF.