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Posted: March 5, 2001, 9:45 a.m. Updated: March 5, 2001, 12:45 p.m. King County Courthouse open to public; King County Airport runway remains closed The King County Courthouse is open to the public today, Monday, March 5. The engineering firm of CoughlinPorterLundeen inspected the Courthouse immediately following last Wednesday’s earthquake. The engineers found no structural damage and determined that the building is safe for the public and employees to occupy. Employees of the Executive Departments, Prosecuting Attorney, County Council and the Sheriff’s Office are at work in the Courthouse this morning. There will not be any Superior Court operations in the downtown Courthouse until further notice. For further information about the Superior Court operations visit their Web site. The short runway at the King County International Airport (Boeing Field) was reopened Sunday night at 9:30 p.m. Less than half of the long runway is open for takeoff and landings for planes under 35,000 pounds. Work has proceeded throughout the weekend to analyze and plan for repair of the damage to the long runway. At this time, about 4700 feet at the south end of the long runway is operational; the actual operating length varies at times to allow crews to conduct further tests on the runway. The Airport estimates it will take 3 weeks to complete repairs on and reopen 6000 more feet in the center of the long runway. There is no estimate yet for reopening the last 4000 feet on the north end of the long runway. Updated: March 5, 2001Executive's e-mail King County | Executive | News | Services | Comments | Search Links to external sites do not
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