The 2025-2028 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), published by the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) on October 24, 2024, outlines planned transportation projects and investments across the greater Puget Sound region for a four-year period. It covers project selection processes, funding plans, air quality requirements, and federal performance measures for roads, transit, ferries, and active transportation infrastructure. This document does not specifically address Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

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This document provides an overview of the 2025-2028 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) prepared by the Puget Sound Regional Council. It covers project requirements, selection processes, financial planning, air quality conformity, environmental justice, and transportation performance management for the four-year program period.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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