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The Des Moines, WA City Council held a public hearing on September 12, 2024 to consider selling a small city-owned parcel called 'Tract C' (19,881 sq ft) to the Port of Seattle for $690,000, its appraised fair market value, to support truck access for the Des Moines Creek Business Park West development near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The sale is part of a long-running effort to develop commercial and industrial land on Port-owned property, with the project expected to support over 600 full-time jobs. The council also considered accepting a trail easement from the Port to connect the Barnes Creek Trail to the Des Moines Creek Trail as part of the same development agreement.

This report analyzes existing traffic conditions around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as part of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Near-Term Projects Environmental Review. It examines 108 intersections—including 63 signalized, 41 stop-controlled, and 4 uncontrolled—along key routes connecting the airport to surrounding communities, focusing on the weekday PM peak hour (4–6 p.m.). Freeway segments of SR 518 and I-5 were also evaluated at WSDOT's request to provide a comprehensive picture of surface transportation conditions in the airport study area.

This technical report analyzes existing surface transportation and traffic conditions around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as part of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Near-Term Projects Environmental Review. It examines 108 intersections — including signalized, stop-controlled, and uncontrolled locations — along key travel routes connecting the airport to surrounding communities, focusing on weekday PM peak-hour traffic volumes. The study also includes freeway analysis of SR 518 and I-5 ramps and segments at the request of WSDOT.

Highline Water District reached a settlement with the Port of Seattle after PFAS chemicals, likely originating from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport operations, were found to have contaminated the District's Tyee Well, forcing the District to suspend well operations in June 2022. The contamination required the District to purchase more expensive replacement water from Seattle Public Utilities, and new EPA regulations finalized in 2024 further prohibited resuming well use without installing costly treatment facilities. The two parties negotiated a mutual release of claims to resolve the District's operational and financial losses resulting from the contamination.