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Shannon McCarthy
3:55 - 4:43
“we all will be able to utilize that full $70, roughly $70 million, to deliver a full construction program this summer. So very good news on that front. And then the also additional good news is that those funds will be also rolled— that match, I should say, will be rolled into the 2026-2029 STIP, so it will also be a robust STIP”
- Speaker
- Shannon McCarthy
- Timestamp
- 3:55 – 4:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
From the transcript
Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts with our political leadership and made sure that that got into place because that was pretty critical. And I was—. I'll just mention that the House and Senate passed it on March 25th, so a couple weeks ago now, and we were— we all will be able to utilize that full $70, roughly $70 million, to deliver a full construction program this summer. So very good news on that front. And then the also additional good news is that those funds will be also rolled— that match, I should say, will be rolled into the 2026-2029 STIP, so it will also be a robust STIP, which is— they're busy programming those funds right now, so you'll see those once those get released as well.