Issue No. 9
September 14, 2026
Accountability watch
Alaska's $184M Port MacKenzie rail extension: 25 of 32 miles built, no trains yet
Promised a Fall 2015 ribbon cutting for a 32-mile freight rail link to Port MacKenzie, the project has absorbed $184 million in state funding — with track, ties, ballast and signals still missing from most of the line.
Recent awards
- Alaska Railroad Corp / Matanuska-Susitna Borough — $184,000,000, AK-LEG-CAPEX FY2026
- Denco II LLC — $1,000,000, MN-MRSI FY2026
- JMJ Properties — $1,000,000, MN-MRSI FY2026
- Lake Agassiz Bean, LLC — $900,000, MN-MRSI FY2026
- Cloquet Terminal Railroad Co, Inc. — $840,000, MN-MRSI FY2026
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