Bob French
8:44 - 10:01
"I would like to object to the final recommendation point on page 4 for the floating right-of-way easement for the Knick Arm Crossing. As a member of the AMATS Citizens Advisory Committee, I cannot speak for them, but I do recall conversations that have taken place regarding whether or not the Knickarm Bridge and any of the easements or access points to that should be included in our current plans that are out in the municipality and also in the state. I recall Aaron Yonglin, who is the head of AMATS, actually saying that we could not really include any of the— any projects or things like that that would be related to the Knick Arm Bridge because the Knick Arm Bridge does not exist in any statewide plans. It doesn't— it's not in the STIP, the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan. It's not in the AMATS municipal planning documents, and it's not— it currently has no funding or any other available— there's nothing to say that this project is ever going to actually happen."
“I would like to object to the final recommendation point on page 4 for the floating right-of-way easement for the Knick Arm Crossing. As a member of the AMATS Citizens Advisory Committee, I cannot speak for them, but I do recall conversations that have taken place regarding whether or not the Knickarm Bridge and any of the easements or access points to that should be included in our current plans that are out in the municipality and also in the state. I recall Aaron Yonglin, who is the head of AMATS, actually saying that we could not really include any of the— any projects or things like that that would be related to the Knick Arm Bridge because the Knick Arm Bridge does not exist in any statewide plans. It doesn't— it's not in the STIP, the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan. It's not in the AMATS municipal planning documents, and it's not— it currently has no funding or any other available— there's nothing to say that this project is ever going to actually happen.”
- Speaker
- Bob French
- Timestamp
- 8:44 – 10:01
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 2, 2026
From the transcript
I would like to object to the final recommendation point on page 4 for the floating right-of-way easement for the Knick Arm Crossing. As a member of the AMATS Citizens Advisory Committee, I cannot speak for them, but I do recall conversations that have taken place regarding whether or not the Knickarm Bridge and any of the easements or access points to that should be included in our current plans that are out in the municipality and also in the state. I recall Aaron Yonglin, who is the head of AMATS, actually saying that we could not really include any of the— any projects or things like that that would be related to the Knick Arm Bridge because the Knick Arm Bridge does not exist in any statewide plans. It doesn't— it's not in the STIP, the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan. It's not in the AMATS municipal planning documents, and it's not— it currently has no funding or any other available— there's nothing to say that this project is ever going to actually happen.
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