Under the plan, the three new ferries will be added to the fleet by the end of 2027. One of them will be a hybrid model, and one will be electric.
. Like the Tustumena, it would also serve communities in Kodiak, Southcentral and Southwest Alaska.
Before the new ferries are done, the Tazlina is scheduled to return to service after crew quarters are added. The ferry, along with its sister ship, the Hubbard was built five years ago in Ketchikan for $60 million. But they didn’t include crew quarters, limiting them to short day trips. After construction, it was decided that crew quarters were needed. The Hubbard got those quarters for $15 million and started serving the Lynn Canal in May.
Juliette Lehman with the engineering firm assured the board that getting local feedback is part of the process. She said they’ll be checking with stakeholders to make sure the data in the plan meshes with reality.
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