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  • 1998-04-22

    Here’s The Dirt On Sea-Tac — Third-Runway Fill Will Double This Year

    Marc Stiles Seattle Times South Bureau SEATAC – The 1998 third-runway dirt haul, scheduled to begin early next month, will be more than twice the size of last year’s. And the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport project is just getting started. Airport officials say haul sizes will continue to increase in the coming years and that the
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsSeattle Times, Third Runway
  • 1997-09-26

    Costly War Waged Over Third Runway

    David Schaefer Seattle Times Staff Reporter AS PREPARATIONS begin for building a new runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a coalition of cities is spending millions of tax dollars on lawsuits and public relations trying to stop the massive project. The Port of Seattle, meanwhile, will spend millions in public funds to keep it from being
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsACC, Seattle Times, Stephen Lamphear, Third Runway
  • 1997-09-03

    Petition Calls For Changing Port Of Seattle’s Name To Port Of King County

    Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times Business Reporter King County voters may be asked later this year if they’d like to change the Port of Seattle’s name to the Port of King County, reflecting that its money comes from taxpayers across the county. A group called King County Citizens for an Accountable Port yesterday turned in a
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsKing County Citizens for an Accountable Port, Port Of Seattle, Seattle Times
  • Down-To-Earth Job — Sea-Tac’s Third Runway To Get Its Fill Of Dirt

    Jack Broom Seattle Times Staff Reporter Let’s say you’ve been looking for a better view, but you don’t want to leave the neighborhood. Instead, you bring in fill dirt to raise your property so you can see over all your neighbors. Somehow you get the dirt to form a nice column straight up from your
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsFill Dirt, Seattle Times, Third Runway
  • 1994-12-11

    Sea-Tac’s Turbulent History

    Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about the possibility of
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsRichard Kennedy, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle Times, Westside Hilltop Survival Committee
  • 1994-12-11

    Sea-Tac’s Turbulent History

    Dec 11, 1994 Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsBuyouts, Seattle Times, Third Runway
  • Dinsmore Named Port’s New Director

    Daryl Strickland Mic Dinsmore strutted into the meeting room wearing a double-breasted suit, his chest puffed out, looking like a politician who had just won an election. He had reason to feel this way. Dinsmore was named yesterday as the port’s new executive director, rising from his job as chief operating officer. The executive job
    TagsMic Dinsmore, Port Of Seattle, Seattle Times
  • 1992-06-12

    Flight Patterns – FAA’s ‘Four Post’ traffic plan for planes is illogical, insulting

    June 12, 1992 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: A9 Word Count: 354 The Ninth Circuit in San Francisco recently voted that since the noise level was not above 65 decibels (recently raised from 55 decibels) the Federal Aviation Administration did not have to be subject to any environmental impact requirements. Therefore, the FAA’s brilliant “four post” plan remains
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsFAA, Four Post Plan, letter, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Seattle Times
  • Making A Case For Quiet — Proposed Third Runway Is Third Strike Against Noisy Sea-Tac, Neighbors Say

    Sep 4, 1991 Bob Ortega — SEATAC In the control tower, they are pulsing green numbers crawling across radar screens. To Lloyd Docter in Brown’s Point, Craig Lorch on Beacon Hill, Minnie Brasher in Burien and thousands of their neighbors, they’re roar after thundering roar in the night. As the rumbling stream of jets taking
    CategoriesHistory TagsMinnie O Brasher, Seattle Times
  • 1991-06-09

    Destination Unknown — Airport! The Controversy

    Destination Unknown — Airport! The Controversy Jun 9, 1991 Lance Dickie ONE word sums up the public’s reaction to expanding Sea-Tac airport or planning for more planes in the sky over Puget Sound: Don’t. Don’t expand the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, don’t add runways to any existing regional airport and don’t replace Sea-Tac and start from
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsAirport Expansion, Editorial, Port Of Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle Times

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Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.
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