Skagway Assembly proposes lease negotiations with railroad

White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad controls much of the tidelands the municipality needs access to for port improvements. (Photo by Greta Mart/KHNS)
Skagway leaders want to re-engage with White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad to discuss a tidelands lease agreement. The borough assembly came to that consensus after talking for more than an hour behind closed doors at a special meeting Wednesday.
It’s been about nine months since Skagway voters rejected a tidelands lease extension b