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Webinar: Aviation Noise Claims: Information & Courses of Action For Residents Living Near Airports
Leech Tishman Partner Steven M. Taber will outline how to potentially use the Federal Torts Claims Act (“FTCA”) as a method of pursuing claims against the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) for damages caused by aviation noise. -
Sea-Tac Airport upgrades Runway #1 16L/34R
We’ve already been at work this spring and summer updating taxiways, replacing concrete panels, and other projects to improve safety and create upgrades where necessary. What comes next will be fixing expansion joints on the touchdown zones at each end of 16L/34R, relocating a taxiway connected to the runway, and upgrading the taxiways near the -
Port Of Seattle – SAMP Environmental Review Open House (Beacon Hill – New Holy Gathering Hall)
Come give public comment and learn more about the environmental scoping process. -
SAMP Comments: Can you hear me now?
I’ve eavesdropped on quite a number of Sustained Airport Master Plan EIS scoping comments and I’m struck by how high-minded most of them are. They cover the big-ticket items of noise, pollution, schools, property values, crime, etc. But I want to remind you that you can (and should) also comment on the smaller annoyances that -
The Briefing Project
A series of videos by local activist Steve Edmiston. In each video he appears before the Port Of Seattle to give public comment and educate them as to the impacts of the airport on the surrounding communities. -
A Letter To Port Of Seattle Commissioners
Yesterday, I made the following public comment at the Port Of Seattle regular commission meeting (Start @ 22:30) Sorry to digress, but my opening remark had to do with an award given at the beginning of the meeting to a Port employee for his good work in helping to clean up the Duwamish River. The -
SAMP: We’ve had our Open House. Now what?
OK, so we had our Open Houses, kids. So what’s the next crisis to react to? Sorry to sound snarky. I do believe all these current issues matter. And I applaud everyone in the community and government who are reacting to them. Well done. Really. (At some point I have to develop the nerve to -
2018-09-11
Port Of Seattle Video: SAMP Explanation from Landrum & Brown
Communications Manager Perry Cooper interviews Rob Allen, Executive VP of Landrum & Brown, the consultants hired to prepare the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). -
Port Of Seattle Regular Meeting
There will be a presentation on the new International Terminal. -
Price tag for Sea-Tac’s new International Arrivals Facility soars to almost $1 billion
A review panel gave a new final estimated cost for the International Arrivals Facility of $968 million, up from the original $608 million. The project is also now eight months behind the original schedule. By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter The latest update on the budget-busting International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport states that