TagPort Package Program Updates(64)
Port Packages (explained here) are the sound insulation systems installed by the Port of Seattle to over 9,400 single family homes and dozens of apartment buildings and schools under the flight path.
Unfortunately, many of those sound insulation systems developed any number of problems. This tag concerns efforts to obtain relief (including repair and replacement) since those problems were first identified back in the late 1990’s.
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2024-05-28Let’s fix the program to fix Port Packages!
May 28, 2024 Public Comment to the Port of Seattle Commission on SIRRPP Commissioners, I think it’s fair to say that when we all worked so hard last winter to create a Port Package Update program–now formally known as the Sound Insulation Repair/Replacement Pilot Program (SIRRPP), stakeholders such as our over 1,000 members assumed we’d -
2024-05-02Port Of Seattle Sound Insulation Repair, Replacement, and Preventive Program (SIRRPP) Homeowner Condition Survey
The Port of Seattle developed this Qualtrics survey to assess the condition of sound insulation treatments — such as windows and doors — previously installed in homes near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Residents are asked to verify their address, confirm property ownership and length of residency, and answer detailed questions about their windows, including how many exist and whether they were installed by the Port. The survey aims to identify items that may need repair, replacement, or maintenance. -
Port Package Site Visit Follow-Up
What to do next? Thank you for allowing us to inspect your Port Package! You are now one of over 350 homeowners that helped create the Port of Seattle’s updated sound insulation program. If you would like more background information on how we got here, please read The Port Package Explainer. But for now, you -
2024-03-19Port Package Update bill signed into law!
SB5955 now the second program of its kind in nation! Olympia WA: Today, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law SB5955, the Port Package Update bill, making Sea-Tac Airport now (after San Francisco International) the second airport in America with a sound insulation update program–and the only airport with a State mandate to help fund and -
Port Thanks Senator Murray for Inclusion of $3 Million Environmental Mitigation Provision in Transportation Funding Bill
To view this email as a web page, go here. March 11, 2024 For Immediate Release Contact: Perry Cooper | SEA Airport (206) 787-4923 | cooper.p@portseattle.org Provision could support secondary sound insulation assessment SEATTLE – The Port of Seattle expresses its deepest appreciation for the successful efforts made by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (WA) to -
2024-03-07Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5950: Washington State Fiscal Matters Appropriations Act, 2024
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5950, passed by the Washington State Legislature on March 7, 2024, is a fiscal appropriations bill that adopts a state budget for the biennium running from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025. The bill authorizes spending from various state funds for agency salaries, wages, and other specified purposes, while amending several existing statutes related to financial management. Note: This bill addresses general state fiscal matters and does not contain provisions specifically related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy. -
2024-03-03
Port Package Update Program News!
Understanding the program and how we can help Issue #1 Print version If you own a home in Burien, Des Moines, Kent or SeaTac, and have a sound insulation system (called a Port Package), you may be experiencing problems such as mold and water damage to your windows, doors and ceilings. You may also have -
2024-03-01
SB5955 Passes State House 83-13
Port Package Update Bill now goes to Governor’s desk! Olympia, WA SB5955 passed today without amendment and now goes to the Governor’s desk for signature. Speaking in support were bill sponsor Tina Orwall 33rd (D), Keith Goehner 12th (R), J.T. Wilcox 2nd (R) Yelm, and Sharon Tomiko Santos 37th (D) who said she was voting ‘reluctantly’ -
2024-02-28
Port OKs $5M to fix soundproofing in homes near Sea-Tac Airport
By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks The Port of Seattle will spend $5 million to repair and replace soundproofing equipment it funded years ago in homes near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that has since failed and led to moldy windows, rotting wood frames and damaged drywall. Community advocates and residents with failed soundproofing installations in their homes celebrated the -
2024-02-27
$5 Million Approved to Pilot Noise Insulation Repair and Replacement for Near-Airport Communities
Assessment to determine the extent of replacements needed February 27, 2024 SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle Commission today directed staff to conduct an assessment regarding the effectiveness of previously installed, federally funded noise insulation packages in communities around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). In addition, the Commission authorized $5 million in Port levy dollars