The Port of Seattle held a Regular Commission Meeting on February 10, 2026, covering a range of business items including a Black History Month proclamation, consent agenda approvals, and new business. Among the airport-related items, commissioners considered authorizing a $6 million construction contract for the Flight Corridor Management Project 2024, with an estimated total project cost of $9.7 million, which relates to managing aircraft flight paths around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The meeting was held both in person at Port headquarters and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

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Agenda for Port of Seattle Commission regular meeting held February 10, 2026. Includes items on 2026 International Policy Agenda, Terminal 91 berths redevelopment project funding, Flight Corridor Management Project construction contract, and police department transparency order.

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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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