Steve Perrins
43:37 - 44:27
“the boat launch that would be there would actually take longer to get to by driving that road than it would be to, uh, access the current Deschka boat launch to access those same rivers. It's, uh, deep water, steep banks, fast-flowing rivers, and just not a very practical place for a boat launch. Uh, furthermore, flying over that area, the, um, the other side of that river is just all marshland. So we're building, uh, a road and what I believe would be the largest bridge in Alaska, um, if you can confirm or correct me on that, um, to just end across that river in swampland when 90% of the community and 20+ wilderness tourism lodges are all against this project.”
- Speaker
- Steve Perrins
- Timestamp
- 43:37 – 44:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
Um, the boat launch that would be there would actually take longer to get to by driving that road than it would be to, uh, access the current Deschka boat launch to access those same rivers. It's, uh, deep water, steep banks, fast-flowing rivers, and just not a very practical place for a boat launch. Uh, furthermore, flying over that area, the, um, the other side of that river is just all marshland. So we're building, uh, a road and what I believe would be the largest bridge in Alaska, um, if you can confirm or correct me on that, um, to just end across that river in swampland when 90% of the community and 20+ wilderness tourism lodges are all against this project.
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