Executive order makes way for Paine Field expansion planning
EVERETT — Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers signed an executive order Tuesday, aimed at expanding the terminal and increasing air service at Paine Field Airport.
The order creates a much larger vision for an airport that currently offers as few as 10 departures a day to seven cities.
Somers’ order instructs county departments to begin the planning process for expanding roads, runways and other airport improvements in a long-range project estimated in 2024 to cost around $300 million.
Construction on the expanded terminal won’t begin immediately, Somers said at his annual economic address Tuesday at Boeing Future of Flight Aviation Center. But it’s important to start laying the groundwork of preparing for the potential of 4.3 million travelers in 2040.
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