SITKA, Alaska — The city of Sitka has announced that construction will start on the second phase of an oceanside sidewalk project thanks to more than $1.3 million in state funding.
The Sitka Sentinel reports that the money awarded through the Alaska Transportation Alternatives Program will help cover the cost of extending the walkway. The Sitka Sea Walk project is one of 12 projects funded statewide in the program under the state’s transportation department.
City Engineer Dan Tadic said the next phase of construction will extend the sea walk by more than 1,700 feet.
Officials expect construction to begin in 2018.
The first part of the walkway had been completed in 2013, with funding from the Legislature and the cruise ship passenger excise tax.
