BAC SP #2 WASP Update Draft 2017 & Comments From Burien 0001

WSDOT invites the public to submit comments on the WASP draft report. Please send comments to (a by April 17. Robert Hodgman WASP Project Manager/Senior Aviation Planner 360-596-8910 o mw Dear Mr. Hodgman, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the WASP draft report. In the interest of full disclosure, it’s important to inform you that the City of Burien recently filed litigation against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for new, high levels of aircraft noise exposure in BuRen neighborhoods commencing in summer 2016 because of increased flight and passenger demands at Seattle Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) . Burien citizens–residents, human beings--have for too long been familiar with repetitive degradations of our environment–air quality and noise pollution–and lower property values from the ever-growing number of commercial aircraft operations at Sea-Tac Airport for the sake of economic development everywhere around the world and the U.S. But we are not alone, neighborhoods in Seattle (Georgetown, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, and South Park), as well as the City of Sea-Tac, Des Moines, and other South King County communities, continue to suffer from a decision to have a single major airport in Western Washington . Yes, Burien was "sound-insulated" by the Port and FAA for the third runway, but the livability of our outdoor spaces are dramatically compromised by high decibel levels of single noise events that interrupt and annoy normal daily activities (sports events, parks, backyard barbeques); not to mention debilitating particulates too small for detection by the human eye that constantly…

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