Is the proposed Knik Arm Bridge a good idea or a "Bridge to Nowhere"?
Who will benefit and who will be harmed if the bridge is built?
Are there other alternatives that should be considered?
What will the bridge cost and who will pay for it?
This website provides factual information and documentation to answer these questions.
For additional information, please contact: Jamie Kenworthy jamiek@alaskan.com or Bob French bgkfrench@gmail.com
To view Representative Les Gara’s letter to KABATA regarding lack of oversight and public protection, please click here.
To view Senator Johnny Ellis and Representative Gara’s letter to Governor Palin, please click here. [Dead link- this letter is no longer online.]
To view KABATA’s response to Senator Ellis and Representative Gara, please click here. [Dead link- this respopnse is no longer online.]
To view these comments, please follow the links below:
Alaska Railroad Corporation
Defenders of Wildlife
Environmental Protection Agency
Gardner
Government Hill Community Council
Hulbert
Marine Mammal Commission
Municipality of Anchorage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Norgaard
State Historic Protection Officer
Trustees for Alaska, et al.
Walton
To view comments submitted by Trustees for Alaska on behalf of the Alaska Center for the Environment, Alaska Public Interest Research Group, Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, Anchorage Citizens Coalition, Cook Inletkeeper, Government Hill Community Council, and North Gulf Oceanic Society, please click here.
To view comments submitted by the Government Hill Community Council, please use the links below:
Document 1.
Document 2.
Document 3.
The Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement. To view the document, please click here. [Dead link- this document is no longer online.]
To view the press release issued by the Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, please click here. [Dead link- this press release is no longer online.]
“North to the Future: The men who gave us the “Bridge to Nowhere” may be headed there themselves.” To view this 9/24/07 Wall Street Journal article, please click here. [Dead link- this article is no longer online.]
To read the August 8, 2007 letter from Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin regarding Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority openness, accountability, and performance standards, please click here.
“DOT May Change Its Priorities for Knik Bridge.” To view this 7/29/07 Frontiersman story, please click here. (Or view an archived copy here.)
“Money on hold for some, but not all, DOT projects.” To view this 7/25/07 KTVA story, please click here. [Dead link- this story is no longer online.]
“Keeping Alaska Roads in Shape.” To view this 7/19/07 KTUU story, please click here. [Dead link- this story is no longer online.]
