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2023-02-07 00:00HB1791-2023 (Second airport siting post CACC)
AN ACT Relating to studying the need for increased commercial 1 aviation services; amending 2022 c 186 s 213 (uncodified); adding a 2 new chapter to Title 14 RCW; repealing 2022 c 186 s 707 (uncodified); 3 and declaring an emergency.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds:6 (a) The state's transportation needs are growing and it is 7 imperative that the state plan comprehensively to meet the needs of 8 its citizens, particularly in the fastest growing regions of the 9 state;10 (b) That planning for the future of aviation must take a 11 comprehensive coordinated look at the transportation system as a 12 whole;13 (c) The pandemic interfered with the ability of the commercial 14 aviation coordinating commission to perform a thorough and complete 15 study of the possibility of a new commercial airport to meet the 16 expected growth;17 (d) The creation of a new primary commercial aviation facility 18 has the potential for large impacts on the surrounding communities; 19 and20 H-0998.2 HOUSE BILL 1791 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By Representatives Fey, Dent, Morgan, Barkis, Mena, Couture, Griffey, Bronoske, Ybarra, Christian, Timmons, Donaghy, Berg, and Doglio Read first time 02/07/23. Referred to Committee on Transportation. p. 1 HB 1791 (e) There is expected growth in commercial aviation, general 1 aviation, and air cargo operations.2 (2) The legislature, therefore, intends to replace the commercial 3 aviation coordinating commission with the commercial… -
2023-02-03 19:34State Rep: ‘None of these locations are suitable’ for a future airport
JASON RANTZ Feb 3, 2023, 6:02 PM | Updated: Feb 4, 2023, 11:56 am Alaska Airlines planes are pictured at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the day after Horizon Air ground crew member Richard Russell took a plane from the airport in Seattle, Washington on August 11, 2018. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images) BY FRANK SUMRALL MyNorthwest -
2023-01-22 19:25
State planners mention Yakima as ‘willing partner’ in new airport
By Joel Donofrio Yakima Herald-Republic Yakima’s interest in using its airport to relieve crowding at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has the attention of state transportation officials. Amid airspace congestion reports and considerable opposition from west side cities and counties to a new airport, Rob Hodgman, the Washington State Department of Transportation senior aviation planner, said one -
2022-11-17 02:53
It won’t be easy, but WA can launch the airport of the future
By Tom Dent and Karen Keiser Special to The Times We are at the start of the greatest transformation in flight since the development of the jet engine. It is not going to happen overnight, and we won’t see large, emissions-free commercial aircraft anytime soon, but like what we have witnessed with space exploration, technological -
2022-11-13 06:52Seattle needs a new Sea-Tac-sized airport. No one wants it near them
1 of 8 | Jeremy Foust, owner of Left Foot Farm in Eatonville, pauses before feeding his goats. Foust’s goat farm falls inside the circle identified as a possible airport site. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter By 2040, Western Washington will need another large airport. State officials -
2022-10-16 01:22
Boy, do we hate being right…
I wrote the following article in 2018: *Why There Is No Second Airport In Site I’m throwing up that old news in light of the fact that yesterday, the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) met its statutory obligation to deliver a recommendation on a ‘second airport’, basically by punting a final decision into 2023 which -
2022-10-01 00:50CACC Public Benefit Slides 1–11
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2022-09-26 15:41
Why prospects that Pierce, Thurston could be home to new 2-runway airport just improved
By Shea Johnson Updated September 26, 2022 10:09 AM Two rural expanses of land in Pierce County are among three so-called “greenfield” sites still under consideration for a new airport after a state Legislature-created group on Friday narrowed down options for where it will recommend establishing flight operations to accommodate growing passenger and cargo traffic -
2022-09-23 00:47
Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission Meeting 09/23/2022
“Greatest Public Benefit” is a concept that has been devastating for airport communities. It means that, as they say on Star Trek, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one”. The discussion of compensation and mitigation is always the lowest priority. This makes any commercial airport a de facto sacrifice zone. The -
2022-09-22 02:25
Skagit County no longer being considered for a commercial airport
The two Skagit County sites being considered for a new commercial airport were taken off the state Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission’s list Friday. The commission had been looking into 10 possible sites for a new airport. The sites on the list are what are called greenfield sites — undeveloped, commonly agricultural land that is sought