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Audit finds problems with bridge authority numbers

...released Saturday, finds that projected cash flows to the state are likely overstated as a result.The Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, or KABATA, defended its traffic, revenue and financial models as "the most comprehensive ever completed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-07/audit-finds-problems-bridge-authority-n
State
Huggins: Knik Arm bridge bill won't be rushed

...deliberations on a proposal to scrap the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority.Huggins, a supporter of the bridge project...surrounding toll and revenue projections by the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, or KABATA.The measure was introduced...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-14/huggins-knik-arm-bridge-bill-wont-be-ru
State
Senate OKs $9.9B state operating budget

...lawmakers to get access to than other state savings accounts, and reducing or eliminating funding for the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority.The authority was created by the state 10 years ago to build a bridge connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-29/senate-oks-99b-state-operating-budget
State
Alaska editorial: Bridge to litigation

This editorial first appeared in the Anchorage Daily News: Anchorage sues the feds to have them pull the permit for the Knik bridge route because it will interfere with the city's port expansion project.Boondoggle to boondoggle: "I'll see you in court!"Both the Knik Arm crossing and the port expansion project have drawn fierce criticism. One difference is that the idea of expanding and improving the port, gateway for most of Alaska's goods, has wide support, even if design decisions and work performance have created a mess.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-07-21/bridge-litigation
Opinion
Consultants say state will be expected to cover early revenue shortfalls for Knik Arm bridge

...committee for a city-state traffic planning board. Holland's company prepared a traffic forecast for the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority. Holland and an executive from Citigroup spoke Thursday at a technical advisory committee for AMATS, or...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-08-20/consultants-say-state-will-be-expected-
State
Alaska lawmakers set to take up natural gas pipeline bills

...this week: the first appearance this session of a bill that would increase the bonding authority for the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority and create a reserve fund for the proposed Knik Arm crossing. The bridge would connect Anchorage to land...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-03-19/alaska-lawmakers-set-take-natural-gas
Not For Web
My Turn: Growth and transport investment

Since taking office in December, Gov. Murkowski has consistently advocated for improving our state's economy through transportation improvements. As his chief architect for this undertaking, I would like to offer a few examples of this vision and the work we are doing to see it through to completion.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060403/opi_myturn2.shtml
Opinion
'Bridge to nowhere' funds threatened

...Committee chairman said both bridges are part of the amendment. Spokesmen for Gov. Frank Murkowski and the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority said they were watching the amendment. "Anytime something like this turns up in Congress we're concerned...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061106/sta_20060611001.shtml
News
Opinions differ wildly on Knik Arm bridge

...through hundreds of opinions, solicited at meetings and through newspaper inserts for a report due to the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority and the Federal Highway Administration early next month. The comments will be part of a draft environmental...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082205/sta_20050822011.shtml
News
Alaska $150M Knik bridge proposal moves forward

...say the tolls won't cover the payments to the developers in the first years the bridge is open. So the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority, or KABATA, which the Legislature created in 2003 to pursue the project, is asking lawmakers to appropriate...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/021711/reg_786804716.shtml
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