InvestigationSeptember 16, 2026
Alaska's Knik Arm toll bridge: $93.6M awarded in one year alone, never built
A three-lane toll bridge connecting Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough was budgeted at $93.6 million in federal receipts for a single fiscal year. Two gubernatorial vetoes later, the project is dormant.
Source award
Alaska DOT&PF / Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority — $93,600,000 from AK-LEG-CAPEX, FY2007.
Sources (2)
- https://omb.alaska.gov/ombfiles/07_budget/Trans/Amend/2007proj41761.pdf
“Fed Rcpts $93,600,000... Design and construct a crossing of Knik Arm between Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough”
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knik_Arm_Bridge
“more than seven years and approximately $53 million were spent on studies, preliminary designs, public relations and cost estimating... with no funding, the project is effectively dormant for the foreseeable future”
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