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1999-02-02
See The World – Run For Port Commission (Editorial Board)
Feb 2, 1999 CANDIDATES, please. Two positions on the Port of Seattle commission are on the ballot this fall. If tradition holds, incumbents Gary Grant and Clare Nordquist will seek re-election and face minor opposition from unknowns who are driven more by a generalized beef with the Port than an informed set of ideas. The -
1998-06-10Letter Karen Keiser to Marc-Stiles Seattle-Times (from Port Of Seattle in violation of Federal Grant Assurance C6 Minnie O. Brasher
A June 10, 1998 Washington State Legislature letter addressed to Marc Stiles, Reporter at the Seattle Times, detailing the State Auditor's Office confirmation that the Port of Seattle violated Federal Grant Assurance C.6 requirements by failing to secure written declarations of support from surrounding jurisdictions for Sea-Tac Airport noise remedy programs. The letter notes that over $100 million in federal grants had been spent on noise insulation for homes near Sea-Tac, and that Congressman Adam Smith had requested a GAO investigation into the matter. -
1998-05-20
North Seatac Park: Cause For Celebration — Long-Awaited Ballfields Dedicated
Marc Stiles, Christy True Seattle Times South Bureau SEATAC – After 18 years of off-again, on-again planning, North SeaTac Park opened last week with a celebration that included baseball, apple pie and rave reviews. The dedication ceremony for the $5 million first phase of the park – the second-largest in King County after Marymoor Park -
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 -
1998-02-18Dirty looks for plan to move third runway dirt – proposal to use conveyer belts met with skepticism
A Lynnwood contractor proposed using conveyor belts instead of trucks to haul the 23 million cubic yards of fill dirt needed for Sea-Tac Airport's third runway construction in the late 1990s. The plan would have barged dirt to Des Moines, then carried it 2.5 miles to the airport via belt, cutting the estimated haul time from five years to two and a half. Des Moines residents, already angry about the runway routing air traffic over their downtown, reacted skeptically and accused the contractor of trying to bribe the city with promises of new parks in exchange for cooperation. -
1998-02-18
Dirty looks for plan to move third runway dirt – proposal to use conveyer belts met with skepticism
Seattle Times article by Marc Stiles (February 18, 1998) about Hank Hopkins of Westcot (Lynnwood contractor) proposing a conveyor belt system to transport fill dirt for the Sea-Tac Airport third runway expansion. The plan would barge dirt to Des Moines Marina, unload onto a temporary dock, and convey it 2.5 miles along Des Moines Creek -
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 -
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 -
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 -
1996-08-15Down-to-earth job: Sea-Tac’s third runway to get its fill of dirt
A 1996 Seattle Times article details the massive earth-moving challenge facing Sea-Tac Airport's planned third runway, which required importing approximately 14.25 million cubic yards of fill dirt at an estimated cost of $120 million to level a corridor of dips and valleys as deep as 145 feet. Port of Seattle planners were exploring multiple options for sourcing and transporting the dirt, including conveyor belts, barges, and rail spurs, while facing legal opposition from nearby cities who argued the project understated environmental and community harm.