The online open house received nearly 60,000 page views from an estimated 20,000 users. Of users, 1,121 provided their zip codes. Most users were from Washington state, with one participant from outside of Washington. The highest number of participants was from King County (392), followed by Thurston (209), Skagit (177), Pierce (143), and Snohomish (93)
Meeting: Residents Remain Wary as State Considers New Sites to Alleviate Pressure on Sea-Tac By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com The runway of the Ed Carlson Memorial-South Lewis County Airport in Toledo is seen in this image on the WSDOT website. Lewis County officials have again signaled that they have no intention of transforming Toledo’s South
In October 2019, the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) convened to begin the process of developing recommendations for a new primary commercial aviation facility in Washington. The commission was created by the Washington State Legislature because of concerns that Sea-Tac International Airport is nearing its capacity limits. Several studies released over the span of several
By The (Centralia) Chronicle June 29, 2020 05:45 AM , Updated June 29, 2020 01:43 PM A south Thurston County location is one of many being considered for a second, Sea-Tac-size airport. The state Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission gathered in April and took a straw poll of its members. Among the 25 members of the
Voting Members Representative of commercial service airports and ports –County with a population of two million or more Jeffrey Brown Representative of commercial service airports and ports –Port in eastern WA with a runway of at least 13,500’ in lengthStroud Kunkle Representative of commercial service airports and ports –Commercial service airport in eastern WA located
This provides a portal for information concerning the progress towards a second airport, which was studied and debated by the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Committee (or as they refer to themselves 'the CACC') from 2020-2023
2018-11-29
I admit to a bit of Schadenfreüde whenever I attend a public forum of electeds where the potential siting of a second airport is to be discussed. Because I know I’ll be witnessing my electeds feeling frustrated, patronised and condescended to. Which is how I feel a hundred or so times a year when I
