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NASA may have an app to help Alaska's pilots avoid hazards

...digitally collected elevation data."Mars is better mapped than Alaska," said Nick Mastrodicasa, of the state Transportation Department.A partnership linking Juneau with Silicon Valley, however, seeks to change that as part of an early-stage...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-06/nasa-may-have-app-help-alaskas-pilots-a
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SE lawmakers upset with ferry design changes

...design is more of a streamlined, simple vessel," said Mike Neussl, who runs the ferry program as the state Transportation Department's deputy commissioner for marine operations."The cost savings will come in the simplicity of no crew...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-14/se-lawmakers-upset-ferry-design-changes
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Brotherhood bridge up for sale

...Alaska Native Brotherhood.No sales price is listed for the Brotherhood Bridge but a spokeswoman for the state transportation department, Brenda Hewitt, said bridges in similar situations in other states have gone for as little as $1 or been...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-25/brotherhood-bridge-sale
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Ferry schedules, delayed car deliveries irk some lawmakers

...to be shipped back."House and Senate leadership suggested dates for the ferries to come to Juneau. But state transportation department spokeswoman Brenda Hewitt said the ferries do not run just for legislators - a point Chenault acknowledged...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-22/ferry-schedules-delayed-car-deliveries-
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Study to decide if state highway contracts are fair

...in response to a 9th Circuit Appeals Court decision in a discrimination case filed against the Washington state transportation department. Western States Paving Co., which is owned by a white male, filed suit claiming that minority-owned...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051606/sta_20060516014.shtml
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EPA critical of Skagway road study

...costs, according to EPA officials. The state Transportation Department is changing some aspects of the project's...responsive," Kurland said, referring to the state Transportation Department. The biggest change suggested by NMFS involves...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052505/sta_20050525007.shtml
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State's airport policy could kill federal funding

...commissioner. The Republican-led House and Senate cut budget requests from several agencies in addition to the state transportation department. Debbie Roth, an FAA manager in Anchorage, said when it comes to closing airports that receive federal...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080802/sta_sirports.shtml
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Southcentral gets brief respite from rain

...hoping to reopen the highway there to some traffic by midday today, said Rick Feller, a spokesman for the state transportation department. The Alaska Railroad resumed regular train service, but passengers should expect delays along the route...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082206/sta_20060822020.shtml
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Some Mat-Su residents return as flooding abates

...ecstatic to find their home undamaged and pets alive. "It was such a relief," she said. Kurt Devon, the state transportation department's maintenance chief for Mat-Su, said state crews were clearing a section of the Old Glenn Highway where...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082506/sta_20060825024.shtml
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State drops Southeast ferry study

...Sitka or Petersburg. The Juneau-based Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, which is critical of state Transportation Department operations, said the changes mean the LeConte-route study should be completed. "It's a crying shame...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091406/sta_20060914022.shtml
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