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This $419 million project Rental Car Facility (RCF) included the removal of rental car facilities from two floors of the existing Sea-Tac parking garage (returning 3,200 spaces to general airport parking) and the erection of a central terminal where all rental car agencies will have operations. Part of the $419 million cost would go to a fleet of 29 buses to transport travelers to and from the Main Terminal to the RCF, about a mile away. Construction began in 06/2008, but was suspended during the economic collapse of 07-09/2008, resuming again in 12/2008. Construction was set to be completed by 12/2011 with the 5-story, 2.1-million-square-foot facility opening to the public by the second quarter of 2012. During a time of serious unemployment, the construction of the RCF maintained 3,000 jobs within King County. At peak travel periods, the RCF could serve 12,000-14,000 rental car patrons per day, adding millions to the state treasury. Taxes and surcharges are often heaped onto travel costs--airfares, hotel rooms, rental cars--as non-residents have no political leverage on local politicians; localities can recover large tax bonanzas from traveler fees.

PCAD id: 6031