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55 or 200 Acres? There’s a lot more to this story The SeaTac City Council held a ninety minute Special Meeting (Agenda/Presentation) to discuss various options in purchasing the area known as North SeaTac Park, which is now (mostly) owned by the Port of Seattle. As Councilmember Peter Kwon mentioned at the beginning of the
You can handle 100,000,000 passengers a year… Today, at the Boeing Museum Of Flight, the Port of Seattle premiered the first in a series of videos charting the history and growth of Sea-Tac Airport. The videos, collectively titled Elevated, were introduced by Port CEO Stephen Metruck, who spoke about the challenges of continuing to serve
Below is the 1full text of a letter we received from Ryan McMullan, the Senior Manager for Noise Programs in response to our concerns about the 2024-04 Sound Insulation Repair and Replacement Pilot Program. If you’ve been following along, in May, the Port began an ‘assessment’ phase to last until December 31. This is supposedly
Including only a third of the homes is not the half of it As we’ve been reporting, the Port Package Update program, now called the Sound Insulation Repair/Replacement Pilot Program has had pitfalls at every turn. The most obvious concern we had is that the survey was sent to 3,200 homes, which is only a
May 28, 2024 Public Comment to the Port of Seattle Commission on SIRRPP Commissioners, I think it’s fair to say that when we all worked so hard last winter to create a Port Package Update program–now formally known as the Sound Insulation Repair/Replacement Pilot Program (SIRRPP), stakeholders such as our over 1,000 members assumed we’d
Make a public comment on May 28th to improve the assessment process After the passage of State law SB5955 and the Port’s Order 2024-04, the Port said it would begin developing a repair/replacement program for failing sound insulation systems (Port Packages). The Order says that the first step was to do an assessment of all
Proposal would subsidize farmers to grow crops to create aviation fuel The Farm To Fly Act is the most basic reason STNI has never endorsed so-called sustainable aviation fuels. In theory, aviation fuels created exclusively from scrap biomass may pollute less and might create fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. However, the amount of such available material
High ideals held back by limiting only to immediate airport property Today’s Commission meeting approved the Port’s Land Stewardship Plan. Unfortunately the plan has a glaring defect: it only applies to property on the ‘triple a’, which renders it almost neutered. One member of the public described it as ‘completely insufficient’ and we must agree.
King County Leaders, Sharing a note that we sent to reporters within the past hour who had questions about yesterday’s protest at Sea-Tac International Airport (SEA). Please reach out if you have any additional questions for us. -Douglas Douglas E. Wagoner, MPA (He/Him) Deputy Director of Communications King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office O (206) 514-7643
