State extends $6.5 million Skagway port grant for second time

Cruise ships and passengers at Skagway’s railroad dock on May 23, 2016. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)
The Skagway Borough has an extra year to spend $6.5 million for city dock improvements. The state legislative grant was set to expire in about six months. At a meeting Thursday, the borough assembly voted to ask for a one-year extension. The state approved the request Friday afternoon.
Skagway received a $10 million state legislative grant in 2011. The borough worked toward what was dubbed t