Resolution Ga 1996 02

PSRCThe Puget Sound Regional Council is a four county organization charged with authorizing federal transportation planning grants, including airport projects

A Resolution of the General Assembly of the Puget Sound Regional Council Amending the 1995 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and Related Planning Documents to Provide for the Long-Term Commercial Air ~ r a n s ~ o r t a t i o n ~ a ~ a c i t y Needs of the Central Puget Sound Region. WHEREAS, the Puget Sound Regional Council, designated under federal and state laws as the Metropolitan Planning Organization and Regional Transportation Planning Organization for the central Puget Sound region, is responsible for adopting and maintaining regional growth management and transportation strategies and the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the region; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Plan includes an aviation component; and WHEREAS, the region's air transportation needs have been studied and planned for years as chronicled in a Summary of the Regional Council's Decision Process Related to Amending the Metropolitan Transportation Plan to Include a Third Runway with Additional Noise Reduction Measures; and WHEREAS, the region is again confronted with a need to plan for the expansion of air transportation capacity; and WHEREAS, in determining whether to amend the 1995 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to include plans for a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with additional noise reduction measures, the Regional Council considered a number of factors including: 1) the need for additional airport capacity or other actions to address the region's growing demand for commercial air transportation semices; 2) the impact of poor weather on Sea-Tac Airport's current operating capabilities; 3) the…
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