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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

55:26 - 55:40

"I think there is a little bit of a risk that the state has finite resources and we try to expend ourselves in every direction with every megaproject, and at the end of the day, we have nothing to show for it."

“I think there is a little bit of a risk that the state has finite resources and we try to expend ourselves in every direction with every megaproject, and at the end of the day, we have nothing to show for it.”
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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
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Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
September 21, 2026

From the transcript

Thank you, Tregg. And finally, Jonathan. Mm, multipart answer. I think maintaining what we have is incredibly important, and like Tregg, I think the Hall Road is a great example of just core critical infrastructure that is not in appropriate state of repair. Um, I support roads when the economics are there, and I think there is a little bit of a risk that the state has finite resources and we try to expend ourselves in every direction with every megaproject, and at the end of the day, we have nothing to show for it.

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