Sean Debenham
66:31 - 66:52
"in Anchorage, we have a very short little window for construction. And when it extends an extra even 3 months and it takes you past the ability to get in the ground and put a foundation in, then we've got serious issues when a permit is taking so much long. And it's easily resolvable."
“in Anchorage, we have a very short little window for construction. And when it extends an extra even 3 months and it takes you past the ability to get in the ground and put a foundation in, then we've got serious issues when a permit is taking so much long. And it's easily resolvable.”
- Speaker
- Sean Debenham
- Timestamp
- 66:31 – 66:52
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 28, 2026
From the transcript
Like, in Anchorage, we have a very short little window for construction. And when it extends an extra even 3 months and it takes you past the ability to get in the ground and put a foundation in, then we've got serious issues when a permit is taking so much long. And it's easily resolvable. It's not like this is a hard thing. Sorry, Bob, again.
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