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Ryan Anderson

70:54 - 71:16

“West Basin Access, right, access millions of acres of state lands in Alaska. We have very limited road connections to our state lands, and of course, you know, state lands for recreational purposes, all those uses are very valuable to Alaskans. And so that's really the primary purpose and need of this project.”
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Alaska News
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Alaska
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October 7, 2026

From the transcript

Yeah, I can answer that comment, Angelica. And yeah, sorry, in the previous time, Steve, I didn't— I'm trying— I was trying to figure out how to be live on this thing. Yeah, so of course, West Basin Access, right, access millions of acres of state lands in Alaska. We have very limited road connections to our state lands, and of course, you know, state lands for recreational purposes, all those uses are very valuable to Alaskans. And so that's really the primary purpose and need of this project.

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