As reported in our Summer 1995 issue, SeaTac seeks a Superior Court Order upholding its authority to regulate development activities within the city, especially those at the Airport. The Port maintains that it alone has power to zone land that it owns or acquires. While other conflicts are also at issue, the critical point for RCAA supporters is the zoning future of the land that the Port needs to acquire West of the present Airport in order to build the planned runway. PSRC Membership at Issue Tukwila may withdraw from the Puget Sound Regional Council if the Expert Plane s order is overturned, according to a letter dated May 15, from Mayor John W. Rants and council President Pam Carter. The Port suggests that the Airport will work with equal efficiency in good weather and bad.
Traffic can arrive side by side on independent runways.
In addition, the proposed new runway is parallel to and outside the other two, so that aircraft landing on a third runway must cross two active runway in order to reach the terminal, further reducing the potential capacity of the new runway. The Regional Commission on Airport Affairs was formed by citizens to help citizens. Through RCAA, citizens from all over the region can now find and develop independent information, analyze the issues, and present their facts to regional decision makers and the public. You can help RCAA s work through your contributions, your volunteer time, and your calls to public officials responsible for airport decisions. Please clip this form and send it in today.