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2023-02-12 19:49WA needs a new set of thinkers to tackle the idea of a second international airport | Opinion
THE OLYMPIAN EDITORIAL BOARD February 12, 2023, 5:00 AM Getty Images Are we off the hook for having a giant airport plunked down in a rural area of Thurston County or Pierce County? Warren Hendrickson, the acting chair of the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission, says he considers it “a low probability,” and will recommend against it. He -
2023-02-07 00:00HB1791-2023 (Second airport siting post CACC)
AN ACT Relating to studying the need for increased commercial 1 aviation services; amending 2022 c 186 s 213 (uncodified); adding a 2 new chapter to Title 14 RCW; repealing 2022 c 186 s 707 (uncodified); 3 and declaring an emergency.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds:6 (a) The state's transportation needs are growing and it is 7 imperative that the state plan comprehensively to meet the needs of 8 its citizens, particularly in the fastest growing regions of the 9 state;10 (b) That planning for the future of aviation must take a 11 comprehensive coordinated look at the transportation system as a 12 whole;13 (c) The pandemic interfered with the ability of the commercial 14 aviation coordinating commission to perform a thorough and complete 15 study of the possibility of a new commercial airport to meet the 16 expected growth;17 (d) The creation of a new primary commercial aviation facility 18 has the potential for large impacts on the surrounding communities; 19 and20 H-0998.2 HOUSE BILL 1791 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By Representatives Fey, Dent, Morgan, Barkis, Mena, Couture, Griffey, Bronoske, Ybarra, Christian, Timmons, Donaghy, Berg, and Doglio Read first time 02/07/23. Referred to Committee on Transportation. p. 1 HB 1791 (e) There is expected growth in commercial aviation, general 1 aviation, and air cargo operations.2 (2) The legislature, therefore, intends to replace the commercial 3 aviation coordinating commission with the commercial… -
2023-02-03 19:34State Rep: ‘None of these locations are suitable’ for a future airport
JASON RANTZ Feb 3, 2023, 6:02 PM | Updated: Feb 4, 2023, 11:56 am Alaska Airlines planes are pictured at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the day after Horizon Air ground crew member Richard Russell took a plane from the airport in Seattle, Washington on August 11, 2018. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images) BY FRANK SUMRALL MyNorthwest -
2023-01-22 19:25
State planners mention Yakima as ‘willing partner’ in new airport
By Joel Donofrio Yakima Herald-Republic Yakima’s interest in using its airport to relieve crowding at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has the attention of state transportation officials. Amid airspace congestion reports and considerable opposition from west side cities and counties to a new airport, Rob Hodgman, the Washington State Department of Transportation senior aviation planner, said one -
2022-11-18 01:19
Another airport isn’t the answer to the region’s transportation needs
A sign urging people to reject a new airport in Eatonville. State officials charged with identifying sites for a new major airport have narrowed it to three: two in… (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)More By Jon Talton Columnist Let me tell you a couple of airport stories. As a young reporter in San Diego, -
2022-11-17 02:53
It won’t be easy, but WA can launch the airport of the future
By Tom Dent and Karen Keiser Special to The Times We are at the start of the greatest transformation in flight since the development of the jet engine. It is not going to happen overnight, and we won’t see large, emissions-free commercial aircraft anytime soon, but like what we have witnessed with space exploration, technological -
2022-11-13 06:52Seattle needs a new Sea-Tac-sized airport. No one wants it near them
1 of 8 | Jeremy Foust, owner of Left Foot Farm in Eatonville, pauses before feeding his goats. Foust’s goat farm falls inside the circle identified as a possible airport site. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter By 2040, Western Washington will need another large airport. State officials -
2022-10-16 01:22
Boy, do we hate being right…
I wrote the following article in 2018: *Why There Is No Second Airport In Site I’m throwing up that old news in light of the fact that yesterday, the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) met its statutory obligation to deliver a recommendation on a ‘second airport’, basically by punting a final decision into 2023 which -
2022-10-14 19:50
New airport would put Washington’s climate goals out of reach, critics argue
Three critics voice their concerns about building a new airport. Laura Gibbons, Maria Batayola, and Bryce Yadon Credit: KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols New airport would put Washington’s climate goals out of reach, critics argue Oct 14, 2022 at 12:13 pm By Joshua McNichols The Puget Sound region is growing, and air travel is growing with it. -
2022-09-26 15:41
Why prospects that Pierce, Thurston could be home to new 2-runway airport just improved
By Shea Johnson Updated September 26, 2022 10:09 AM Two rural expanses of land in Pierce County are among three so-called “greenfield” sites still under consideration for a new airport after a state Legislature-created group on Friday narrowed down options for where it will recommend establishing flight operations to accommodate growing passenger and cargo traffic