The State of Alaska will benefit greatly from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress in 2021. Over the next five years Alaska is expected to receive roughly $3.5 billion in highway funding and $225 million to address 140 “structurally...
The three long-span bridges, the Gerstle, the Johnson, and the Robertson were built during WWII using 1940’s load capacities and design standards. Their load rating, HS-15, was intended for a 60-70,000 pound, five-axle semi-truck. They were well built and...
We all know about Kinross Gold Corporation’s ill-conceived five-year plan to allow giant 95-foot-long 80-ton ore-trains to travel Alaskan roads between Tok and Fairbanks 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. What we don’t know is when the first innocent Alaskan(s) will be...
Peak Gold LLC along with Kinross/Contago Ore joint venture are requesting permit approvals for a Waste Management Plan from Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and a Reclamation Plan from Alaska Department of Natural Resources, collectively herein referred...
[Reprinted from Reporting From Alaska, dermotcole.com, with permission of Dermot Cole] Kinross is telling Alaskans that it is not economical to build an ore processing facility at the high-grade gold deposit near Tetlin, so the Canadian company has no choice but to...
This shows the new roundabouts on Chena Hot Springs Road at the Steese Highway intersection and the overweight truck bypass lanes that would be removed if the state builds a new bridge, as now proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, to support the Kinross trucking plan....
