Feb 11, 2004
Vol.10, No. 4

Snohomish County Considers
Passenger Service at Paine Field
Movers & shakers in Snohomish County are starting to get serious about future use of Paine Field for scheduled passenger service. An official Snohomish County economic stimulus task force has included in a list of action items, "Explore regional air service market at Paine Field". ...more

PSRC Reminded of Commitment
to New Regional Airport
“My deepest fear is that in a decade we'll hear the rumbling of a fourth runway". So said King County Councilmember Julia Patterson at the meeting of the Executive Board of the Puget Sound Regional Council, on Thursday, January 22. ...more

Conveyor-belt Appeal Looks Like a Loser
What next for the ill-fated proposal to build a pier and conveyor belt in Des Moines, to move third-runway fill from barges up to Sea-Tac Airport? It seems almost certain that the courts will not require the City to give this idea any further consideration. ...more

No Bounce-back in Passenger
Numbers at Sea-Tac in 2003
Passenger traffic at Sea-Tac Airport for 2003 remained virtually the same as in 2002, according to a staff memorandum released at the Port Commission meeting on February 5. Total number of passengers rose 0.2 percent, to an annual total of 26,755,888, while operations declined to 353,759, a decline of 3.0 percent from the previous year. ...more

Bids for Runway Work Postponed
The Port of Seattle has postponed to February 24 the deadline for submitting bids for renewed third-runway construction work in 2004 and 2005. The project was originally advertised in October 2003, at a 60 percent design level. ...more

Fishkills Continue in Highline Creeks
The killing goes on. Miller Creek, a historic salmon creek, remains a zone of death for salmon returning to spawn. During this season's run, observers were able to count only 30 live adults in places where they used to count hundreds. ....more

New, Improved On-Line Library
RCAA's on-library has undergone a major reorganization, making it a far more useful tool for all users, whether casual visitors, active no-runway campaigners, local officials, or visitors in other airport communities. ...more

SCAA's Annual General Meeting
Set for February 19
Seattle Council on Airport Affairs will hold its annual general meeting on Thursday, February 19, starting at 7 p.m. at the Miller Community Center at 330 19 th E., on Capitol Hill ...more

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No Expansion Meeting at Paine Field