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"Big pour finally about to begin on Sea-Tac Airport's new runway"
Friday, June 29, 2007
Big pour finally about to begin on Sea-Tac Airport's new runway
By John Gillie
The Tacoma (WA) News Tribune
Contractors will begin laying concrete for Sea-Tac Airport's 8,500-foot
third runway in mid-July.
That date is about three weeks later than originally planned, but the delay
isn't expected to affect the runway's opening date, now scheduled for
November next year.
The runway project from conception to completion will have taken some 15
years by the time the first plane lands on it next year. A coalition of
cities and neighborhood organizations challenged the runway project
repeatedly in court.
The paving will require some 133,000 cubic yards of concrete and 35,000 tons
of asphalt. The runway concrete will be about 17 inches thick.
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