West Susitna Industrial Access
DOT/STIP Comments

THE PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN ON FUNDING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2023!

Specify Project #34206, West Susitna Access in your comments.

 

 

 

Alaska is overwhelmed with bad roads. In late July of 2023, in an effort to disguise the real project, the state moved a portion of the West Susitna Industrial Access road to the DOT and added it to the draft DOT STIP plan. 

 

The $82 million allocated for this portion of the industrial road could be used to fund existing road improvements or build other needed roads that have already been vetted and identified throughout Alaska. This sneaky shift in tactics to push through an unpopular project for industrial access isn’t fooling anyone.

 

 

The DOT STIP plan would require $82 million to build the first 15 miles of the Industrial road and bridge across the Big Su. The Big Su bridge is one of the largest expenses for this AIDEA project, and sneaking this funding into a DOT grant is a clever way to hide the full cost of this bad idea. Segmenting projects is a common tactic for AIDEA to progress bad projects that the public doesn’t want. This is an attempt to hide the full footprint and trajectory of this project.

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THE PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN ON FUNDING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2023!

Specify Project #34206, West Susitna Access in your comments.

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