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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2022-10-12
Port Package updates are essential to the American Dream
A letter to the Commissioners of the Port of Seattle: explaining the history of Port Packages and their place in environmental justice. The American Dream is a safe, healthy home, at an affordable price, where you can raise your children, in one of the most beautiful areas in the world. But with so many Port Package failures and fewer and fewer new homes being eligible for sound insulation, that dream is becoming harder to achieve under the flight path. -
2022-05-30Port Package Program Photo — May 30, 2022
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2020-10-01
A letter to the Commissioners Of The Port Of Seattle re. Motion 2020-04 (Accelerated Sound Insulation Program)
Commissioners, We want to thank you again for your 25 February 2020 vote on Motion 2020-04. As you know, this action was taken to accelerate your sound insulation program (known as Port Packages) and also take advantage of new State legislation HB2315 which enables the Port to provide updates and repairs to existing systems. You -
2020-08-26
PPP Update #2
Hi there, It’s been too long since our first update. Sorry about that. Part of the delay is that literally the week we decided to create this list, the true magnitude of the COVID-19 emergency became apparent and the Governor declared a State Of Emergency. COVID-19 Challenges The first speed bump is that we were -
PPP Update #1
A quick note on last week’s Port Of Seattle General Meeting (agenda) video. The Port approved the first batch of money of the new Port Package Update program. This contract includes sixty (60) homes and the Villa Enzi condominiums on 216th in Des Moines–which have been waiting for years and years. Unrelated, but it also -
The new *PPP Mailing List
*Port Package Problems So… HB2315, the ‘Port Package Update’ bill, just passed in Olympia. Yay. 😀 You won’t see any of us at the signing ceremony because… THERE ARE NO SIGNING CEREMONIES! Damn that COVID-19! Which means the selfies with our Governor will have to wait for another year. 😀 Now there’s this bit in -
2020-02-25
Port Of Seattle Announces Noise Program Expansion 2026
Today’s Port Of Seattle General Meeting had the most significant news about Port Packages we have ever seen. If you are concerned about airport noise issues this will matter to you whether you have a Port Package or not. As background, I strongly encourage you to look at the presentation by Noise Program Manager Stan -
2020-02-25Motion 2020-04: A motion of the Port Of Seattle Commission directing the acceleration of the sound insulation program at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
In February 2020, the Port of Seattle Commission passed Motion 2020-04, directing the Port's Executive Director to accelerate the sound insulation program at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and complete it no later than 2026. The motion calls for implementing the necessary staffing, funding, and contracting resources to deliver the program on time, while coordinating with other public agencies to complement — rather than duplicate — existing programs for low-income housing and energy upgrades. Port staff are required to regularly brief the Commission's Aviation Committee on progress and provide a preliminary implementation plan alongside the 2021 budget approval. -
HB2315 (Port Package Update) Frequently Asked Questions
Now that HB2315 (the ‘Port Package Update’ bill) has passed, we’re getting a ton of questions. Here are some answers. If you don’t see your question here, please contact us, but please be specific about what you are asking about, include your address and phone number and above all please be patient! We are only -
2020-01-15
HB2315
Installing, repairing, replacing, and updating mitigation equipment installed within an impacted area. Sponsors: Orwall, Fitzgibbon, Pellicciotti Companion Bill: SB 6214