After Years of Inaction, Legislature Passes Bill For Major Study of Statewide Airport Needs; State Department of Transportation Begins Work

After years of inaction, the Legislature passed a bill, ESSB 5121, at the recent session, directing that the state conduct a statewide long-term air transportation study on general aviation and commercial airports.

Sen. Karen Keiser (D-33) said that this was her “personal favorite” piece of legislation (in a session in which a number of her proposals were enacted). An RCAA spokesman said, “At last! Too bad this wasn't done a decade ago, in time to keep Sea-Tac expansion under control.” <