Rural residents in the three locations in Pierce and Thurston counties identified as possible sites for a new airport larger than Sea-Tac Airport can rest easy: No airport is coming their way.
—Seattle Times Aerospace Reporter, Dominic Gates | May 15, 2023 | Updated May 16, 2023
“Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed into law a bill winding down a state commission that produced the shortlist of potential locations. A plan to recommend a single site by next month is also now dead.
After a ferocious backlash from the communities at the three shortlisted sites and at another near Enumclaw in King County studied separately, all four locations are now off the table. Each was a so-called “greenfield” site without an existing airport.” READ MORE…
This is good news for those fighting against the selection of Thurston County as the location for a new international airport.
