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Courtney Bringhurst

21:56 - 22:34

“Yeah, so that is the existing cemetery road. And, and you'll— you may have seen in the packet that there were some exceptions that our surveyor is requesting from the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and those exceptions are because Typically, the borough will require much wider access easements, but being this is a cemetery, there are burials located quite near to the road. That's why she's requesting the exceptions that it just be a 15-foot access road, and that's like the exact width of the current road there.”
Community
Alaska News
Location
Seward
Captured at
November 3, 2026

From the transcript

Yeah, so that is the existing cemetery road. And, and you'll— you may have seen in the packet that there were some exceptions that our surveyor is requesting from the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and those exceptions are because Typically, the borough will require much wider access easements, but being this is a cemetery, there are burials located quite near to the road. That's why she's requesting the exceptions that it just be a 15-foot access road, and that's like the exact width of the current road there. Yeah, glad you're bringing that up. Thanks.

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