After an unexpected delay in a critical environmental review, the approval means that millions in federal and state dollars are secured for the project.
Cranes are staged next to a modernization project at the Don Young Port of Alaska's North Extension on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The project had been delayed for weeks due to a hangup with a critical environmental review.
The $68.7 million federal grant that MARAD awarded the city in 2022 is now secure, along with another $68.7 million in aThat means the city narrowly avoided facing a choice of whether to forfeit the grant money in order to keep the port modernization project on schedule. Modernization work is underway at the Don Young Port of Alaska's North Extension on Wednesday.
On the water nearby, three red Manson Construction cranes mounted on barges were staged, not yet in use. But soon, the cranes will be operating around the clock in an effort to make up for time lost, Hickel said. On Wednesday, an enormous pile of rock lay across the northern edge of the construction site, where officials walked out toward the edge of the shore to observe the crane barges.North of the construction, Ribuffo pointed out a large pile of contorted steel sheets that were removed years ago from the failing wall.
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