The bill doesn’t earmark money for a lot of specific projects, but if you read it — sometimes between the lines — you’ll find billions of dollars designed to benefit Alaska.
"Alaska Marine Highway System"
Infrastructure bill is ‘once in a lifetime investment,’ Murkowski says
The bill includes $2.5 billion for ferries nationwide, with $250 million for a pilot program to create electric or low-carbon ferries.
Kennicott resumes sailings after mechanical breakdown
Last week’s sailing across the Gulf of Alaska was cancelled after the vessel’s cooling system malfunctioned.
Proposed winter schedule leaves long gaps in Southeast ferry service
Southeast towns like Sitka, Wrangell and Petersburg would see ships infrequently, while Kodiak Island and some Southcentral communities could see improved service.
Dunleavy’s veto erases $8.5 million from Alaska ferry budget
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed around 12% of the ferry operating budget on Thursday, leaving the system with nearly $8.5 million less to run its ferries over the next 18 months.
Former Alaska ferries begin journey to Spain
A crowd gathered as tugs pulled the fast ferries Fairweather and Chenega from Ketchikan’s Ward Cove out to a waiting transport ship.
Murkowski: Infrastructure deal would benefit Alaska
The agreement includes $312 billion for transportation projects, $65 billion for broadband and $55 billion for ports and waterways.
Alaska’s budget impasse won’t interrupt ferry service, DOT says
DOT Commissioner John MacKinnon wrote in an email to agency employees that confirmed that sailings would continue regardless of what happens inside the Capitol in Juneau.
Former Alaska state ferries expected to head for Spain
The catamarans — Fairweather and Chenega — were recently sold for about $5 million to a Spanish ferry company and are being shipped via the Panama Canal.
Free to good home: Gov. Mike Dunleavy offers Alaska ferry to the Philippines
The Malaspina was built in 1963 and has had several overhauls over the decades. Its last sailing was in late 2019 when the state put the ship in layup rather than invest at least $16 million in needed steelwork.