Seattle Times – Airport Expansion Becomes Routine, 1966

has b e en appraised at $3 million. ; -, .... ...-- outine f. tA.t;'lH ' ' 'I "> -< ~ f.'""""' Shay joined the Port in 1947 and has been with the airport from the start. He was assistant manager and superintendent of operations before becoming manager . . The expansion of the air- port has been marked by • • growtng .pams., · Starting about 1950, the Port began to feel the wrath of neighbors who did not take kindly t~ the increased noise. The wrath took the form of lawsuits, seeking compen- sation for damage and low- ered property values. SINCE 1960, when jet planes began using the air- port, - the ·Port has faced about a dozen suits, involv- ing some 300 property own- ers. All maintained the value of their property had diminished because of the noise. . Claims totaled more than '$2.5 million. ,, ~ ' • - r ,( f c • • • c c "BACK IN the early 1940's, when preliminary planning began, no one could foresee the fantastic growth of air travel that was to come fol- lowing the Second World War, and· particularly with the advent of the jet age," Don Shay, airport manager, laid yesterday. Since the State Supreme 1 Court ruled in 1964 that the · Port was liable for any de- crease in value of the prop- erty of 200 of the claimants, several individual cases , have been tried to deter- mine the amount of…

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