This Winter 2000 newsletter from the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs covers community opposition to Sea-Tac Airport's third runway expansion, including a packed public hearing on wetlands destruction, debates over proposed changes to flight corridors to reduce noise impacts, and a major study finding that retrofitting Highline School District classrooms to acceptable noise levels would cost $178 million — far exceeding the Port of Seattle's $50 million mitigation budget. The newsletter highlights growing tensions between the Port, local residents, and government agencies over the environmental, financial, and quality-of-life impacts of airport expansion.Open full document
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This newsletter covers several Sea-Tac Airport-related issues including a large public hearing on the Port of Seattle’s application to destroy wetlands for a third runway, overflow crowds at Part 150 noise study meetings, and the Highline School District’s $178 million estimate to reduce overflight classroom noise. Additional stories cover a citizens’ lawsuit against the Highline Water District over a secret water rights transfer to the Port of Seattle, mysterious Coho salmon deaths in Miller Creek, and Kenmore Air’s withdrawal of its floatplane base application near Seattle’s waterfront.