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Work group outlines research priorities, statutory duties and June budget timing
Summary
Members prioritized two legislatively-flagged near-term topics (military airspace conflicts and unsuitable geographies due to environmental or community impacts), asked the consultant for a February literature review and set a June deadline to submit a costed budget request to the Legislature.
The Commercial Aviation Work Group spent the meeting translating the statutory requirements of ESSB 51 61 into a near‑term workplan and budget timeline.
Chair Evan Dorvey summarized the statute’s broad charge to assess long‑term commercial aviation needs in Western Washington, consider capacity in adjacent states and provinces, and evaluate expansion, alternatives and environmental/community impacts. The chair and members flagged two items the Legislature asked the group to prioritize for early reporting: identifying areas that require "no further review"…
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