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  • 2026-03-05

    Ep #22 Why failed Port Package Update programs keep failing (For Dummies!)

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsPort Package Program Updates, The Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2026-02-21

    Ep #23 SB6240 Emergency Episode

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2026-02-01

    Ep #21 Maps Are Good!

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2026-01-26

    Emergency Episode: SB5652 – Port Package Updates!

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsPort Package Program Updates, SB5652, SB6240, The Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2026-01-18

    Ep #19 Banking

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories, The Airport Communities Podcast TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2026-01-04

    Ep #18 The Mailbag #2

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories, Scripts, The Airport Communities Podcast TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2025-12-22

    Ep #17 The Airport Discount

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories, Scripts, The Airport Communities Podcast TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2025-12-07

    Ep #16 This Will Never End

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2025-11-28

    Ep #15 The Airport Director’s Dad Joke

    After 50 years of community engagement and millions spent on advocacy, why do airport communities continue to lose battles over noise, air quality, and expansion? The uncomfortable truth is that the Casino rewards community engagement—an approach that never works--over developing one that does.
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!
  • 2025-11-05

    Ep #14 A-Weighted

    The Airport Communities Podcast Last week told the crazy story of Tagamet to describe something economists call perverse incentives–how people can waste so much money addressing a problem in the wrong way, you can’t even get research money to figure out how to address it in the right way. In another episode, we described No
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsThe Airport Communities Podcast!

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Issues

Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.
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