WSDOT responds to possible airport tower closures

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Subject: WSDOT responds to possible airport tower closures
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:24:48 -0500
To: guyperea@live.com
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WSDOT responds to possible airport tower closures

In a recent letter to the FAA, WSDOT urged the agency to implement measures to stop airport tower closures. Possible closures are a result of the federal budget sequestration that went into effect March 1. FAA has put all airport towers with fewer than 150,000 total operations and fewer than 10,000 commercial operations on the list for possible closure. WSDOT's response emphasized the benefits that airport towers bring to our state's economy, transportation system and emergency response capabilities.

Towers listed for possible closure include:

• Walla Walla Regional
• Grant County International
• Olympia Regional
• Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field)
• Renton Municipal
• Felts Field
• Tacoma Narrows
• Yakima Air Terminal/McAllister Field

The FAA will consider feedback about tower closures on or before March 13. Submissions may be sent to ATO-Terminal Services at ClosureComments@faa.gov or faxed to ATO-Terminal Services at 202-493-4565. The FAA plans to finalize the list of facility closures by March 18.
More information is available at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2013/03/10_towerclosures.htm

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