Alex Strawn
16:46 - 17:20
"people are best served when they're at least in somewhat the same proximity as where development is occurring because it's just less travel time, less expensive, and less wear and tear on our roads."
“people are best served when they're at least in somewhat the same proximity as where development is occurring because it's just less travel time, less expensive, and less wear and tear on our roads.”
- Speaker
- Alex Strawn
- Timestamp
- 16:46 – 17:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
- Captured at
- June 2, 2026
From the transcript
And developing driveways. And so they're having to import gravel, which results in more wear and tear on roads and has impacts in other areas of the borough where they have gravel pits. So gravel pits. Nobody wants to live next to them because they are noise producers and dust producers and all that. But people are best served when they're at least in somewhat the same proximity as where development is occurring because it's just less travel time, less expensive, and less wear and tear on our roads.
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