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Risky Runway

The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

A A A Comments By Roger Downey Wednesday, Sep 27 2000
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1993—PSRC approves Flight Plan proposal to simultaneously explore Sea-Tac expansion and determine site for a second regional airport.

1994—After a firestorm of protest by property owners in a four-county area, PSRC kills its own plan to study where to site a second regional airport.

Robert Olander, Des Moines city manager, is a longtime opponent of the third runway. He believes the Port never seriously considered other options.
by Adam Weintraub
Robert Olander, Des Moines city manager, is a longtime opponent of the third runway. He believes the Port never seriously considered other options.

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—PSRC gives go-ahead for a third runway at Sea-Tac. Port budgets $1.5 billion for improvements. Passenger traffic tops 23 million.

—United Airlines questions need for third runway. Port announces third runway will be open in 2005.

1998—Delta Airlines questions economics of third-runway plan. Port discovers wetlands on construction site, withdraws plan in order to rewrite it.

1999—Port submits revised third-runway plan; community opponents attack it on technical, environmental, and economic grounds.

2000—Finish date for third runway slips to 2006, cost estimate rises to $770 million. Total cost of airport improvement through 2009 now set at $3.4 billion.

—ROGER DOWNEY

See the Airport Communities Coalition Statement on the Withdrawal of Port of Seattle 401 Permit Application.

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