According to Elizabth Leavitt, Director, Aviation Planning and Environmental Programs, Sea-Tac Airport, "there is no date for a presentation to Commission on the rehabilitation of Runway 16C/34C ... the project is still in its infancy and does not have a defined scope or project definition". Our understanding is that no money has been appropriated by the Commission for this work, & therefore the project could not go forward without Commission approval.
Whether Port staff plan to prepare an environmental impact statement for the project is equally unclear.
Given that a closure of the second, or center, runway would almost certainly result in the FAA once again using the third runway full tilt, with attendant increases in noise, it would seem mandatory to prepare an EIS, but who knows?
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