Bob French
10:02 - 11:00
“a lot of the toll revenue plans that were produced by Wilbur Smith Associates are frankly fraudulent. As an engineer, I could tell you that it's what we call reverse engineering. There were at least 3 different financial plans that they produced that had— where the numbers for traffic were clearly derived from the need for the toll revenues that they thought they were going to have. Frankly, you know, the project was shut down by Governor Walker, and it was shut down because really the state does not have $2 extra billion.”
- Speaker
- Bob French
- Timestamp
- 10:02 – 11:00
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 2, 2026
From the transcript
I've spent since 2003 as a member of Government Hill fighting against the Kinnekum Bridge, and I will say that I probably have read more, spent more time reading their financial statements than anybody in DOT. And I could tell you that a lot of the toll revenue plans that were produced by Wilbur Smith Associates are frankly fraudulent. As an engineer, I could tell you that it's what we call reverse engineering. There were at least 3 different financial plans that they produced that had— where the The numbers for traffic were clearly derived from the need for the toll revenues that they thought they were going to have. Frankly, you know, the project was shut down by Governor Walker, and it was shut down because really the state does not have $2 extra billion.
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