Ole Larson
53:35 - 54:12
"the state will give us absolutely nothing, even though— how much money does, does the state put out in maintenance a year?"
“the state will give us absolutely nothing, even though— how much money does, does the state put out in maintenance a year?”
- Speaker
- Ole Larson
- Timestamp
- 53:35 – 54:12
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
- Captured at
- August 26, 2026
From the transcript
Yeah, so you're talking 5 years out before the debt service really goes down and 8 years out before it really goes, um, you know, we can struggle along for those years, but you know, as, as the system gets older— well, I'm preaching to the choir, I apologize. You know, I, I just think we need a long-term, at least request, and the state will give us absolutely nothing, even though— how much money does, does the state put out in maintenance a year? Uh, through the chair, it is, uh, a fraction of what is needed across the state. Um, I think it's in terms of the percentage of requests, it's in the single digits. So this, the state, while it can be anywhere from $30 to $50 million that they might set aside for capital improvements across Alaska, there are hundreds of millions of requests that come through on an annual basis.
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