{"id":1633,"date":"2020-07-01T07:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/keiser\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2020-09-28T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T18:58:17","slug":"state-eyeing-thurston-county-for-sea-tac-size-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2020\/07\/01\/state-eyeing-thurston-county-for-sea-tac-size-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"State eyeing Thurston County for Sea-Tac-size airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Commercial 737s could touch down in south Thurston County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAn airport down here would be pretty cool,\u201d resident D.J. Crawford said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The state’s Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission is looking for a place to build a Sea-Tac -sized airport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are really near capacity at Sea-Tac International Airport and it\u2019s the smallest international airport in the country with no room to grow, ” Sen. Karen Keiser said. \u201cWe have got to figure out some options here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month, the state sent county commissioners a letter asking if Thurston County would be interested in being a contender for a commercial airport. Commissioners chose not to respond until they receive feedback from the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The site is 4,500 acres north of Littlerock, south of Black Lake and west of I-5.<\/div>\n
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Thurston County Commissioner Tye Menser said an airport would change the county’s entire landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAn airport, like Sea-Tac, that\u2019s like a little city,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a massive change to the character of a community, so it\u2019s something we really have to talk to our citizens about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Previous studies show the flight path would take planes over downtown Olympia and the state capitol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some people aren’t on board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA solution is for all of us, myself included, to stop flying around so much,\u201d resident Naki Stevens said. \u201cI think we need to make do with the airport we have at Sea-Tac. It\u2019s only an hour away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Projections show by 2050, the state will need twice the capacity for air travel. Many feel a second airport is the only choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know what the other options are,\u201d Menser said. \u201cIt may be that Thurston County is the best of a set of bad choices and, if that\u2019s true, maybe my mind could be changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It will be a while before a decision is made. Six locations will be selected by the start of next year. The list will be narrowed down to two spots by September 2021. The final decision will be made by Jan. 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Those who would like to weigh in are asked to contact WSDOT\u2019s Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission or the Thurston County Board of Commissioners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By Shelby Miller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commercial 737s could touch down in south Thurston County.
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