UAA, Providence gripe over U-Med road decision

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has withdrawn the city’s support for the $20 million dollar Northern Access Project, also called the U-Med District Road. The Department of Transportation says without the municipality’s backing, work on the controversial project that links Elmore and Bragaw will stop.
Download AudioBerkowitz stated his position in a letter to the State Commissioner of Transportation on Friday.
“We made the decision because in this time of fiscal austerity at the