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By Bob Young The Port of Seattle received just one bid last year for a contract to build a new cruise-ship terminal near the Magnolia Bridge. It came in 30 percent above the Port’s $30 million estimate. Under Port policy, elected commissioners are supposed to be alerted when the best bid exceeds the Port engineer’s

By Sharon Pian Chan December 15, 2008 Publication: Seattle Times, The (WA) Page: B1 Word Count: 610 A group of cities that spent years suing the Port of Seattle over construction of the third runway wants Seattle-Tacoma International Airport officials to explain why the runway is being used for more flights than promised. Bob Sheckler,

While Port of Seattle officials said the region needed a $1 billion third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to reduce flight delays during bad weather, planes are landing on the new runway all day, every day regardless of weather. Burien residents say the constant noise is intolerable. By Sharon Pian Chan Special to The Times

Port forces out 2 managers over fraudulent contract activity – 7 more suspended or disciplined But commission president says “zero tolerance” should mean firing people who break law By Bob Young December 10, 2008 Publication: Seattle Times, The (WA) Page: A1 Word Count: 1222 Two Port of Seattle managers have resigned under pressure, and seven

Port memo still a mystery – Rewritten to hide high cost of project Penalties await, but “so many people looked at it and made changes” that finding culprits will be tough, investigator says By Bob Young December 7, 2008 Publication: Seattle Times, The (WA) Page: B1 Word Count: 719 Who hid the truth about the

Originally published December 4, 2008 at 12:00 am A Port of Seattle employee leaked sensitive documents to a major contractor who later made an “astonishing” 30-percent profit on a $125 million construction job at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to a Port investigation by former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay. By  Bob Young A Port of Seattle

A troubled municipal-bond market has delayed the Port of Seattle’s $107 million purchase of BNSF Railway’s Snohomish-to-Renton rail line, but the Port has chosen a possible excursion-train operator. By Keith Ervin BNSF Railway’s sale of its 42-mile Renton-to-Snohomish rail line to the Port of Seattle won’t close before the first quarter of 2009. Port officials,

Port of Seattle and King County executives signed a final deal this morning that will put a 42-mile Eastside rail corridor into public ownership. The Port will pay BNSF Railway $107 million for the Renton-to-Snohomish rail line. By Keith Ervin Port of Seattle and King County executives signed a final deal this morning that will

Port to buy Eastside rail corridor Nov 2, 2007 By Keith Ervin and Bob Young Seattle Times staff reporters In a tentative deal hailed as one of the most important land acquisitions in the region’s history, the Port of Seattle plans to buy a 42-mile Eastside rail corridor and lease the southern portion of it