Becky Long

The Alaska DOT’s STIP mix-and-match funding lacks transparency, has inaccuracies, and buries the true costs. It is slipshod.

We need projects that are scalable, redundant and resilient.

Tremendous cost overruns are guaranteed and could drive the cost up to $200 million. And at this time, the exact route has not even been chosen.

So which is it, a heavy industrial mining road or a recreational public road?

No new leasing should occur. The no-action alternative is the best alternative.

State lands are public lands, and the public has a fundamental right to participate in decisions about them, especially when it comes to noxious chemicals used by state agencies.