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$750k bid for unwanted ferry worth $80M

...The borough has no suitable docks or a workable business plan to operate the vessel as a ferry between Anchorage and Port MacKenzie in the Mat-Su.With monthly costs to the borough averaging $75,000 for insurance, maintenance, fuel, docking...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-31/750k-bid-unwanted-ferry-worth-80m
State
Federal appeals court allows railroad extension

...stay on the Alaska Railroad's extension project to Port MacKenzie in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.A three-judge...north of Anchorage. The proposed line would run from Port MacKenzie to near Houston.The board said the proposed line...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-29/federal-appeals-court-allows-railroad-e
State
Mat-Su officials ponder expensive ferry's fate

...bring the ship from Ketchikan to Port MacKenzie would cost $125,000. Just...July Assembly meeting. Neither Port MacKenzie nor the Anchorage side have landing...the port. The ferry belongs at Port MacKenzie, he said. But he is frustrated...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-08-02/mat-su-officials-ponder-expensive-ferry
State
Study finds Port of Anchorage design is flawed

...and around the world."It's held up in thousands of earthquakes," Nottingham told the Anchorage Daily News. Port MacKenzie, across Cook Inlet from the Anchorage port, used the same sheet pile design, he noted.An important element is...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-10-31/study-finds-port-anchorage-design-flawe
State
Court temporarily halts Alaska rail extension

...harm without an emergency stay on construction of the Port MacKenzie rail extension."As noted above ... this is a...of new rail line. The proposed line would run from Port MacKenzie to near Houston.The board, in announcing the decision...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-10-03/court-temporarily-halts-alaska-rail-ext
State
Hundreds of millions in bonds on Nov.6 ballot

...Biggest grantsThe biggest grants are $50 million for the Port of Anchorage and $30 million for a rail extension to Port Mackenzie in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.Those two projects come with major questions about their future direction.A...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-01/hundreds-millions-bonds-nov6-ballot
State
Senate committee makes another attempt to solicit proposals for audit of Alaska prison

...session, concerns were raised about the costs of the medium-security prison, which is expected to open next year at Port Mackenzie. There was a fight about whether - or at what level - to include funding to allow the prison to ramp up operations...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-09-08/senate-committee-makes-another-attempt-
State
Susitna to be used in state ferry system?

...advocate.One option the borough is now considering is using its available money to build a pedestrian-only dock at Port MacKenzie, which could later be expanded to a vehicle dock when additional money becomes available.Building the pedestrian...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-14/sustina-be-used-state-ferry-system
Local
Sustainable economic development far into the future - Port MacKenzie rail

It's time to build the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension. The 32-mile...to the deep draft facilities at Port MacKenzie. This nearly flat grade and shorter...mines with the construction of the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension. Studies done...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-02-28/sustainable-economic-development-far-
Opinion
Knik Arm Crossing an investment in Alaska

...years and provide fuel and time savings for Alaskans by reducing vehicle miles traveled. It provides access to the Port MacKenzie Industrial District within 5 miles of downtown Anchorage for commercial and industrial development, which is sorely...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-03-12/knik-arm-crossing-investment-alaska
Opinion

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