Mike Brown
40:14 - 40:45
"And that is to complete the Point MacKenzie rail extension project, which stalled out years ago and has been in the makings for a couple of decades."
“And that is to complete the Point MacKenzie rail extension project, which stalled out years ago and has been in the makings for a couple of decades.”
- Speaker
- Mike Brown
- Timestamp
- 40:14 – 40:45
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
Yeah! And that is to complete the Point MacKenzie rail extension project, which stalled out years ago and has been in the makings for a couple of decades. But what I— so up on the screen, and I think it's in your red folders for the assembly to take away, what I wanted to show you, because about 3 or 4 years ago, you— the assembly basically said, manager, go find opportunities to bring grant funds into the borough. So we've been working on that. That doesn't usually happen overnight, but it also shouldn't take forever.
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