Knik Arm Bridge

$2.6 billion Senate capital budget boosts port, not bridge

The Senate over the weekend unveiled its $2.6 billion capital budget, a goody-laden bill that includes more than $380 million in earmarked projects for the Anchorage area -- but nothing for the Knik Arm bridge and only a portion of the amount sought for Anchorage port construction.

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Knik Arm bridge debate runs into Senate roadblocks

Legislation to push along the billion-dollar Knik Arm bridge is encountering trouble in the state Senate though it cleared a key House committee last week.
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State would have to pay some Knik bridge operating costs

The state of Alaska would be on the hook for costs to operate the Knik Arm bridge until the project generates enough tolls to offset those costs.
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Stream of cash for bridge over Knik Arm is drying up

The billion-dollar Knik Arm bridge project in Anchorage has financial problems, with no more money coming from Congress and the Alaska governor and a key legislator balking at putting state money on the line.
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City dropping lawsuit against Knik Arm bridge project

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is dropping the city lawsuit against the billion dollar Knik Arm Crossing and wants state money to go for the bridge. "I look at the bridge as a critical piece of infrastructure and I think the state should just build the darn thing, myself," Sullivan said.
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Highway link still at heart of roads plan

What's happened to the idea of joining the Glenn and Seward highways and making them more freeway-like through Anchorage? A state proposal to break the project into three chunks, and build two over the next dozen years, is a big part of a new plan for city roads, trails and buses.
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Knik bridge planners move to get Government Hill properties

Knik Arm bridge planners are moving to take over ownership of Government Hill homes and businesses that stand in the right-of-way of the controversial mega project to link Anchorage and mostly undeveloped land in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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Judge puts Anchorage's lawsuit against Knik bridge on hold

A federal judge has put the city of Anchorage's lawsuit against the Knik Arm Bridge project on hold as the sides appear to be closing in on a settlement.
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State expected to cover any shortfall in Knik bridge funding

Consultants on the billion-dollar Knik Arm bridge project were pretty clear Thursday the financial plan for the bridge is for the state to foot the bill for any difference between how much money is collected in tolls and how much the private developer will be paid.
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Knik bridge consultants expect state to cover cash shortfalls

Consultants on the billion-dollar Knik Arm bridge project expect the state to cover any difference between how much money is collected in tolls and how much the private developer will be paid. The question is whether the Legislature agrees.
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With funding uncertain, Knik bridge planners seek builder

Knik Arm bridge planners moved the project forward Thursday, seeking a company to build the mega-structure, even though the Municipality of Anchorage is suing and the Alaska Legislature hasn't provided the state money they need.