SAMP Draft EA: How to provide a great public comment

How to provide effective public comment by December 5, 2024 Because new ways for you to participate will likely become available, this article may be subject to updates. Introduction This is the second of a two-part article concerning the Sustainable Airport Master Plan Draft Environmental Assessment (SAMP Draft EA). If you’re looking for the short

Sustainable Airport Master Plan 2019 Scoping Documents

1The same documents can be found here. [get_filebird_folder folder_id=170] 1We often provide replicas of important documents, news stories, etc. We refer to this as ‘belt and suspenders’. Although we always recommend that researchers source from the original sites, computers often fail. It’s good to have backup.

The SAMP Four City Consultant ILA 2018

Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac environmental response Although the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) was announced in 2012, it only moved towards public environmental review in 2017. We covered where we’re at now in the SAMP Public Comment Explainer To help them navigate the process, in 2018 four cities (Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park,

The SAMP Comment Period Explainer (Intro)

2016 rendering of SAMP airfield projects

Preparing for the October 21st Comment Period This is the first of a two-part article concerning the SAMP comment period. We’re including a few paragraphs of background because the process has been so lengthy–with many years of delay. The feedback we’ve received thus far has been confusion, partly because the information on the Port’s official

Sea-Tac Airport Got Very Close To Pre-Pandemic Passenger Peak in 2023

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) nearly broke its passenger volume record in 2023. Just shy of the 2019 record by 941,979, SEA clocked 50,887,260 passengers in 2023. That was up 10.7% from 2022 when 45,964,321 passengers passed through the airport, as travel rebounds from pandemic lows. SEA has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. In