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$32 Mil to Repair Quake Damage at Airport

SEATTLE, WA-Nearly a week after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake, officials have inspected damage and tallied the costs for repairs to Seattle-International Airport. While it can now service flights in near-capacity numbers, extensive repairs will be required.

By Janet Parker | Updated on March 07, 2001

SEATTLE, WA-Estimates to repair extensive damage suffered by the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in last week’s magnitude 6.8 quake are in, and airport officials are saying the magic number is $32 million.

Damage to the airport’s glass-enclosed air-traffic-control tower included the shattering of its large windows. Repairs to the tower, built nearly a half-century ago and remodeled in the 70′s with seismic braces, are estimated to run $2 million. Engineers who inspected the tower say the quake damage was cosmetic in nature, not structural. Nonetheless, the effects of the event were significant enough to render the tower non-operational.

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