Katie Gardner
51:39 - 52:25
"those are projects that are overdue based on the state schedule. We often see equipment that has a longer useful life than that state schedule, but it means we're already behind, so we're playing catch-up. We're not necessarily planning ahead"
“those are projects that are overdue based on the state schedule. We often see equipment that has a longer useful life than that state schedule, but it means we're already behind, so we're playing catch-up. We're not necessarily planning ahead”
- Speaker
- Katie Gardner
- Timestamp
- 51:39 – 52:25
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
- Captured at
- August 26, 2026
From the transcript
So those are projects that are overdue based on the state schedule. We often see equipment that has a longer useful life than that state schedule, but it means we're already behind, so we're playing catch-up. We're not necessarily planning ahead, and our team does a really good job of keeping things running for a very long time. Uh, having this money from the borough maybe on a more regular or predictable schedule would certainly be of benefit so we can really plan, uh, for multiple years out what projects may be needed, what projects we're seeing age maybe more quickly than we had originally anticipated. Um, because none of these projects happen immediately.
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