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The Port of Seattle will tap existing property taxes or other sources of revenue to come up with $103 million to buy an Eastside rail corridor that then will be leased in part to King County for a hiking and biking trail, a port official said Friday. Details of the financing have yet to be

Port to buy Eastside rail corridor Nov 2, 2007 By Keith Ervin and Bob Young Seattle Times staff reporters In a tentative deal hailed as one of the most important land acquisitions in the region’s history, the Port of Seattle plans to buy a 42-mile Eastside rail corridor and lease the southern portion of it

The former CEO led the port into a greatly expanded mission of economic development. But that mission and Dinsmore’s dealmaking style have provoked a political backlash that has split the five-member commission. The fall election will spotlight these issues and might enable one side to gain a majority. by  David Brewster / July 10, 2007 The

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Port of Seattle plans to spend $2.45 million By KRISTEN MILLARES BOLT,P-I REPORTERMarch 27, 2007 The Port of Seattle will spend $2.45 million to provide sound mitigation and insulation for up to 56 homes located within a noise impact boundary established around Sea-Tac Airport in 1985. Since then, the port has spent more than $250 million to install

Chief Executive Officer Tay Yoshitani joined the Port of Seattle as its CEO in March 2007. He carries out policies set by the Port Commission and leads the Port’s operating divisions, including the 6th largest container port in the nation, and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which welcomed more than 32.8 million passengers in 2011. When he

Port of Seattle Commission president Pat Davis waves a construction flag to signal the dumping of the last load of fill dirt for the third runway at Seattle International Airport. Television cameras record the moment. Photo by Amber Trillo Tue, 11/07/2006 Port of Seattle staff celebrated on Oct. 30 the completion of the embankment for

Maury Island has the gravel Sea-Tac’s runway needs. It also has arsenic-laden soil, a vulnerable aquifer, and some very worried islanders. By Eric Scigliano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am IF THIS STORY HAD APPEAREDtwo weeks ago, you might have thought it an April Fool’s hoax. Consider: A Japanese-owned sand-and-gravel company plans (in stages) to strip-mine 235

The Port’s new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making. by Roger Downey Robert Olander, Des Moines city manager, is a longtime opponent of the third runway. He believes the

Piles of dirt pose problems for Sea-Tac. By Roger Downey AT A MEETING OCTOBER 4, it looked as though the two-year war between the Port of Seattle and the state Department of Ecology might be over. Port planners acknowledged their failure to answer important questions about plans for a third runway for Sea-Tac International Airport. Ecology staff