Walker abandons Juneau Access Road

The end of the proposed Juneau Access Road. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh)On Thursday, Dec. 15, citing the state’s multi-billion dollar financial crisis, Gov. Bill Walker announced that the state is no longer backing construction of the Juneau Access Improvements Project.
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The extension has been a perennially divisive issue for Juneau, Haines and Skagway.
For years, state transportation officials backed an extension of the road along Lynn Canal about 50 miles north, that would