Josiah Patkotak
21:12 - 21:39
"We've established $600 million worth of projects that have gone out over the last 3 years."
“We've established $600 million worth of projects that have gone out over the last 3 years.”
- Speaker
- Josiah Patkotak
- Timestamp
- 21:12 – 21:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Barrow, Alaska
- Captured at
- September 28, 2026
From the transcript
Gone are the days of Band-Aid capital budgets that barely keep things running. We've established $600 million worth of projects that have gone out over the last 3 years. And all of this is in pursuit of making sure what I mentioned earlier, our younger generation has the opportunity to please write that out of life, etch out a life here on the North Slope, and our moms can spend time with their great-grandchildren with those opportunities in the community. Queen. Thank you.
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