State officials say they’ve removed or changed high-expense projects in the process, although the exact changes are not yet public.
Senate Finance Committee Co-Chair Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, listens to testimony from Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner Ryan Anderson on Feb. 28, 2024.
In a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday morning, Transportation Commissioner Ryan Anderson updated lawmakers on the revision. Anderson said some projects were removed from the plan. He wasn’t able to answer questions in committee about what exactly has been removed from the STIP for the revision, and said those changes were still ongoing as of Wednesday morning., did come up. Although a critical aspect of that project, the Juneau Creek Bridge, has already been funded and is underway, Anderson told Sitka Republican Sen. Bert Stedman in an exchange that future segments of that project will no longer be in the STIP.
A DOT spokesperson said the department will publicly release the full list of removed projects once the revised STIP is finalized, within a few days.
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