0:28
Speaker B
48:04 - 48:33
"there's been other developments in Big Lake where the developer did what they did and they ended up flooding other people's property and the roads, and it took years for that to get resolved, and the borough was on the hook for, for taking care of that."
“there's been other developments in Big Lake where the developer did what they did and they ended up flooding other people's property and the roads, and it took years for that to get resolved, and the borough was on the hook for, for taking care of that.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 48:04 – 48:33
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
- Captured at
- June 18, 2026
From the transcript
Honestly, that's my main concern is because there's been other developments in Big Lake where the developer did what they did and they ended up flooding other people's property and the roads, and it took years for that to get resolved, and the borough was on the hook for, for taking care of that. There's more than one—. I'm going through the situation, my own personal one. Thankfully, my neighbor and I get along and we kind of figured it out, but if we didn't, who knows where it could have, could have gone. So that's why kind of thinking 6 steps ahead on this.
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