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Speaker A
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"
“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
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 3:55 – 4:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- May 20, 2026
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.
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