More than $104 million is coming to Alaska to improve ports across the state.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - More than $104 million is coming to Alaska to improve ports across the state, according to an announcement Friday from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
Of the money coming to Alaska, $50 million is designated for a cargo terminal replacement project at the Don Young Port of Alaska, a terminal dating back to 1961. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the port as part of a three-day“I remember visiting this facility when I was in Alaska last year, and you’ve got conditions there that you don’t see anywhere else in the world, from iron-eating bacteria to tidal variations of more than 20 feet,” Buttigieg said.
“The cost of goods is especially high in Alaska because of what it takes to deliver things through shipping, air freight, or whatever combination gets things to where they need to be,” Buttigieg said. “When we have more reliable and greater capacity, that means it’s possible to move goods more efficiently and that contributes to the fight we’ve had to deliver disinflation, to bring prices back to a normal growth path.
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