InvestigationSeptember 16, 2026
Juneau Access: $202M appropriated for a highway Alaska ultimately chose not to build
Fifty miles of new highway north from Juneau, plus a shuttle ferry connection, had $202 million in approved funding on the table. Alaska picked "No Action" instead, and FHWA closed the environmental process in 2018.
Source award
Alaska DOT&PF — $202,000,000 from AK-LEG-CAPEX, FY2018.
Sources (2)
- https://dot.alaska.gov/sereg/projects/juneau_access/faq.shtml
“Total funding available for the project to date (2014) is $202 million. Of this, $154 million is federal funding... and $48 million is State General Funds”
- https://dot.alaska.gov/sereg/projects/juneau_access/
“On December 15, 2016, the Walker-Mallot Administration selected Alternative 1, No-Action... Federal Highway Administration approved the Final SEIS and ROD with the No Action alternative”
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