74:19 - 74:53
“when that decision gets made, I think you're gonna see a lot of movement because when you bring thousands of individuals here labor-wise to the community to build the liquefaction plant in Nikiski, they're coming through the Kenai Airport. And that's always been the plan. I don't think that plan's changed.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 74:19 – 74:53
- Transcript
- 5/02/26 Budget Work Session
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
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From the transcript
And the only thing I'd add to that is I think we're one gas pipeline away from it happening for sure too. So I think when that decision gets made, I think you're gonna see a lot of movement because when you bring thousands of individuals here labor-wise to the community to build the liquefaction plant in Nikiski, they're coming through the Kenai Airport. And that's always been the plan. I don't think that plan's changed. I think, you know, so I think between this grant and those facts, and I think just demand.
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