Study: Sea-Tac will be unable to meet passenger demand by 2050

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Puget Sound region may need several airports to cope with its surging growth, says the man leading a study of the sector.

Josh Brown, the executive director of the Puget Sound Regional Council and former Kitsap County executive, is leading an effort to document exactly how crowded the skies are and how much airplane congestion the area faces in the next 30 years. His group is also examining what steps regional planners and airport managers can take now to help manage the growth.

With help from consultants at WSP, a transportation and infrastructure advisory firm, the Puget Sound Regional Council has launched a study to document existing activities and conditions in the central Puget Sound region and have started to examine future capacity needs based on regional trends and forecasts. The group recently completed the first of the three-part baseline study and its final report will be published in fall of 2020.

The goal is to gather a common range of facts to gain perspective on how various aviation activities at the 29 airports in the region interact with each other, the community and broader economy.

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[Turbineguy]

1. There's optimism implicit in that.

30 years seems like a long time away.

[mopinko]

2. that airport is like a rat maze.

i had to change planes there last year, and holy cow. i think i traveled farther between planes than is possible at o'hare.
it was so packed tight w people.