An aerial project map prepared by Otak engineering firm showing the Miller Creek Stream Restoration Project restoration concept, located near S 144th St, Des Moines Memorial Drive S, and SR 518 in the Sea-Tac area. The map depicts the proposed West Fork Miller Creek realignment, new fish-passable culverts, new floodplain areas, riparian buffer planting zones, wetlands, and the Des Moines Nursery site within the approximate project boundary.

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An aerial map showing the restoration concept for Miller Creek Stream, including proposed new stream alignment, floodplain areas, fish passable culverts, and wetland conversion areas. The project area is outlined in red and includes existing and proposed infrastructure modifications along West Fork Miller Creek and East Fork Miller Creek.

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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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