I believe the biggest issue of the third runway is not its opening but the lies of the Port of Seattle to the surrounding communities within proximity of the third runway.

We were told that the third runway would only be used during inclement weather and since it's opening the flights have been going through non-stop-- sometimes as often as three minutes apart on landings.

I don't know how they keep from running into the back ends of previous planes.

The Port now says that the FAA is solely responsible for assigning where the planes are supposed to land.

If this is the case why has the Port been telling us for the last 10 years that the runway would only be used for inclement weather when they actually have no say whatsoever on when and how the runway will be used.

The noise at my house is terrible but I don't qualify for sound insulation because I live on the wrong side of the street. When I asked the port if the noise insulation program would be expanded for the third runway their response was that they would have to collect data and would be analyzing it during the winter of 2009.

To me, it's not too hard to figure out that if you add 1000' width to the west side of the airport out of courtesy the noise insulation program should also be expanded out 1000' to the west and then data should be analyzed again in a year to see if any additional expansion is required.

I guess that's too difficult for them to figure out though. They'd rather wait another two years as costs rise. That's political red tape for you.

Cary Brown

North Highline