The Airport Communities Podcast
On May 22, 2026 the Sustainable Airport Master Plan DEIS was released and a sixty day public comment period began.
Our first in a series of 3 minute explainers on how you can help your community over the next 60 day comment period. It’s not click bait to say this: It’s easier than you think. It’s not what you think.
Background
Even before its release, the Three City ILA issued a joint release complaining that their request for 90 days had been denied.
On Friday two things happened:
1. We got to work reading its 3,700 pages and immediately noticed that a few links were broken.
2. We started getting push back about our comment that the cities’ complaint over 90 vs. 60 days was beside the point.
It is logical for Cities to advocate for as much time as possible. On the other hand, the SAMP was first announced in 2012. We’ve had fourteen years to prepare! So, anyone who thinks thirty more days to study will help is missing the point. We believe some are not taking these issues seriously, using an ‘extension’ as posturing or perhaps desperation.
We haven’t heard anyone else complain that they are having trouble downloading. If the document is really so challenging. If time is really so critical, someone besides us should be losing sleep reading it.
There is a better approach. It begins with holding everyone to account. The people who write the documents–and governments who wait until the last minute to prepare.
Topics
- 2012 – Port Of Seattle Commission Airport Sustainability Master Plan (SMP)
- 2012 – Press Release: Port of Seattle Commission approves Century Agenda
- 2015 – 2025 Sustainable Airport Master Plan major documents
- 2026 – SAMP-NTP/SAMP-SEPA DEIS
- 2026 – SAMP/SEPA 60 day public comment period May 22-July 21, 2026
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