House approves bill to bring long-term planning to beleaguered ferry system
The legislation would create the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, which would be charged with overseeing the long-term health of the system.
The legislation would create the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, which would be charged with overseeing the long-term health of the system.
The system had not required facemasks before the M/V Tustumena was forced back to dock with seven sick crewmembers earlier this month.
Stedman comes to the defense of his “beloved marine highway.”
The report finds that no routes could be operated at even a break-even level by a private company. The nearest to profitable would still require a $370,000 subsidy.
More focus on Anchorage-centric projects like the Port of Alaska and the Ted Stevens International Airport, please.
The march through understanding the sweeping impacts of Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy’s budget continued on Wednesday with much of the attention paid to the Alaska…