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The Port of Seattle began the environmental review process of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects for Sea-Tac Airport on Monday, July 30, by asking for public comment on environmental "scoping." The deadline to comment is Friday, Sept.
A crowd of around 120 concerned residents gathered in the multipurpose room of Gregory Heights Elementary School on Tuesday night, April 24, to hear updates from the Quiet Skies Coalition on airplane noise, fighting the FAA, the Port of Seattle and more. Moderated by 2017 Burien 'Citizen of the Year' Larry Cripe - a retired Alaska Airlines pilot - the evening started with an overview about the Quiet Skies Coalition's latest efforts to stop the FAA from turning noisy turboprop airplanes over Burien ; how "phenomenol" the group's relationship with Burien City Manager Brian Wilson and Attorney Lisa Marshall have become, and expanding the group's fight to more strongly target the Port and Alaska Airlines.
Protesters voice their opposition to an immigration ban imposed by President Donald Trump at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Credit: Matt Mills McKnight This week Crosscut is running some of our best stories of the year, as selected both by our editors and by popularity with readers.
As chaos unfolded at airports across the country on Saturday, it quickly became clear that officials ranging from frontline border patrol agents to high-ranking members of the administration were unprepared for President Donald Trump's travel ban. In Washington, that turmoil translated to a group of state and federal leaders unable to find answers to questions as basic as how many people were being detained at Sea-Tac International Airport.
After Quiet Skies Coalition leader Larry Cripe suggested that if Burien doesn't get involved, "there will be a fourth, a fifth and a sixth" runway at Sea-Tac International Airport, the City Council created an ad hoc committee to study plans of the Port of Seattle for the huge growth planned for the facility in coming years. The Monday night meeting also discussed the city's next biennial budget up for approved in the next couple of weeks along with the comprehensive city plan and the property tax the city will likely increase by a full 1 percent.