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State breaks ground on SLAM project

...spectators listened to a line-up of dignitaries give their blessings to the project. Mayor Merrill Sanford, Transportation Commissioner Pat Kemp, Education Commissioner Mike Hanley and Ron Inouye of the Alaska Historical Society spoke at the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-17/state-breaks-ground-slam-project
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Alaska scales back ferry project

...which has been in development since 2009.Parnell met with company officials Monday evening.Department of Transportation Commissioner Pat Kemp said his agency will immediately begin renegotiating contracts with Vigor Industrial, the Oregon-based...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-06/alaska-scales-back-ferry-project
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Gas tax bill gets hearing, but no action

Transportation Commissioner Marc Luiken on Tuesday urged legislators to think about the money they could save Alaskans and Alaska businesses if they agree...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-03-28/gas-tax-bill-gets-hearing-no-action
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Oil companies pledge more Alaska hires

...an advocate of the oil industry, challenged the significance of the new pods. She said she checked with Transportation Commissioner Marc Luiken, and said she needed to clarify the "very dramatic" statements she heard Tuesday from a union...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-09/oil-companies-pledge-more-alaska-hires
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Costs expected to rise for new state ferry

...infrastructure, he said.Alaska Ship & Drydock was selected to construct the new ferry after Department of Transportation Commissioner Marc Luiken issued a finding that it was in the state's interest to build the ferry in Alaska.While it will...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-02-08/costs-expected-rise-new-state-ferry
State
State transportation fund takes step forward

...its own projects. State dollars go further because they avoid costly federal rules she said.Department of Transportation Commissioner Marc Luiken, appearing earlier in the meeting on a different topic, said that national studies show that...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-04/state-transportation-fund-takes-step-fo
State
Ferry system considers moving more staff to Ketchikan

...employees quit their jobs to remain in Juneau. Any decision for such a change would be made at least at the Transportation commissioner level, and possibly by the Governor's Office, he said. Department spokeswoman Brenda Hewitt said, given...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-10/ferry-system-considers-moving-more-staf
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Alaska out $61 million in federal highway funds

...Texas and they're saying, 'Why should we change it back to where it was?"' Young said. Deputy state transportation commissioner John MacKinnon told regional directors to cut projects planned for the same part of the state where Congress...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/052504/sta_highway.shtml
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State's airport policy could kill federal funding

...million in federal airport improvement money for 262 airports, according to the state. Kurt Parkan, deputy transportation commissioner, said his agency is aware of the assurances given to maintain the runways under the federal airport improvement...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080802/sta_sirports.shtml
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Groups file suit against road plan

...reliable link - the Alaska Marine Highway," she said. Juneau resident Dick Knapp, a former Department of Transportation commissioner, said the issue of building a road has become blurred. "This issue has been permitted to deteriorate into 'road...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/081706/loc_20060817005.shtml
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