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Alaskan Bridge Projects Resist Earmarks Purge
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Mar 06, 2007 12:50pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 6, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: March 6, 2007
Long after Congress removed about $450 million in budget earmarks for two bridges in the Alaskan exurbs, the fight over whether to build them is not dead.
Mocked as “bridges to nowhere” by critics who saw them as the epitome of Congressional excess, preparations for the projects have been slowly moving forward even as big questions remain over whether the bridges will be built.
When Congress removed the earmarks for the bridges in 2005, it still gave the state the money, but it allowed Alaskan officials to decide how to spend it. The state reserved about $200 million for the proposed bridges, far less than the construction costs but enough to show that there was serious intent to complete the projects. Some environmental and planning work has already been done.
Supporters of one of the bridges, the Knik Arm Crossing, are expected to get the proposal included in Anchorage’s long-range city transportation plan in April. |
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