Walker Creek Basin Plan

2006-02-01
Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan appendices

The Miller and Walker Creeks Basin Plan Appendices, published in February 2006, is a regional watershed management document developed collaboratively by King County, the City of Burien, the City of SeaTac, the City of Normandy Park, the Port of Seattle, and the Washington State Department of Transportation. The plan addresses stormwater, habitat, and water quality issues within the Miller and Walker Creek drainage basins located near the Sea-Tac Airport area. It provides technical appendices to support basin-wide strategies for managing creek health and flood-related impacts in this urbanized watershed.

TagsCity of Normandy Park, King County, Miller Creek, Port Of Seattle, Walker Creek Basin Plan
2003-09-23
Walker Creek Basin map

This King County Water and Land Resources Division map document depicts the Walker Creek Basin, a watershed area located near Sea-Tac Airport encompassing portions of the incorporated cities of Burien, Normandy Park, SeaTac, and Des Moines in Washington State. The map identifies key waterways including Walker Creek, Miller Creek, and Des Moines Creek, along with wetlands, lakes, and river mile markers within the basin boundary. Created in 2003, it serves as a geographic reference for water resource and land use planning in this urbanized watershed area.

TagsMap, RCAA, Regional Commission On Airport Affairs, Walker Creek Basin Plan

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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