A September 1992 internal memo from Doug Graves and Len Oebser to Rick Aramburu summarizes a site visit to the Toledo-Winlock area of Washington State as a potential location for a new replacement airport. The site was praised for its large size, proximity to the I-5 freeway midway between Seattle and Portland, access to Burlington Northern rail lines, and its sparsely populated surroundings, which would minimize noise and environmental impacts. However, drawbacks noted included its distance from major population centers such as Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, and Portland, which would require some form of mass rapid transit to serve the airport effectively.Open full document
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A memo from Doug Graves and Len Oebser to Rick Aramburu reporting on a visit to the Toledo-Winlock, Washington area on August 17, 1992, to examine a proposed site for a replacement airport. The memo summarizes advantages and disadvantages of the site as presented by Gilbert Miller, C.E.O. of the Toledo-Winlock Port, and concludes that the site would be an excellent location for a new international airport serving Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon.