A public meeting was held on September 10, 2018, at Highline Community College to allow Des Moines residents to weigh in on the Port of Seattle's Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), which outlines Sea-Tac Airport's growth strategy through 2027. The plan proposes removing limits on Third Runway use and adding 80,000 more annual flights on top of the existing 416,000, raising community concerns about noise, health risks, property values, and environmental justice. Residents were urged to attend and submit comments before the scoping period closed on September 28, 2018.Open full document
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A public meeting notice for the Port of Seattle’s environmental review scoping session for the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), held at Highline Community College on September 10, 2018. The flyer raises community concerns about noise, health, environmental justice, property values, and airport growth impacts on Des Moines. It notes that Sea-Tac has added 97,000 overflights in four years and that scoping ends September 28th.