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Patrick Jones
21:24 - 21:50
“I'm kind of concerned about adding a note having it reference funding because I guess in my mind and thinking through how that could be construed as they could say, well, this is going to be a 10-phase project. Phase 1 is we're going to build the landing pad for this Connect Bridge. That's fully funded, and so we need the right-of-way.”
- Speaker
- Patrick Jones
- Timestamp
- 21:24 – 21:50
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 2, 2026
From the transcript
I guess I'll throw out— I'm kind of concerned about adding a note having it reference funding because I guess in my mind and thinking through how that could be construed construed as they could say, well, this is going to be a 10-phase project. Phase 1 is we're going to build the landing pad for this Connect Bridge. That's fully funded, and so we need the right-of-way. You know, so there's some, I think, some technicalities of how that could be viewed. It's like, well, is it talking about the bridge in its entirety?
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