State officials are set to hold an open house and public hearing tomorrow at Centennial Hall on the Juneau Access Improvements Project, the state-backed effort to extend the capital city’s main road.
The state wants to extend Glacier Highway north along the east side of Lynn Canal to the Katzehin River. There, a new ferry terminal would make short connections to Haines, Skagway and the road system.
Highway construction is estimated to cost $523 million, and new ferry terminal and vessel construction another $51 million.
Other options in the latest version of a federally required environmental impact statement released last month include no road construction and improving existing ferry service.
The open house begins at 1 p.m. and the public hearing begins at 5 p.m. at Centennial Hall. Additional open houses and public hearings are scheduled in Haines on Wednesday and Skagway next week. The hearings fall within the public comment period for the environmental impact statement. Public comment closes Nov. 10.