
Alex Strawn
38:46 - 39:07
“My recommendation would be that you allow some pavement on the edge of the water body to allow for boat ramps.”
- Speaker
- Alex Strawn
- Timestamp
- 38:46 – 39:07
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
So, I mean, I just received this today, so I haven't— I don't know all the details. I—. My recommendation would be that you allow some pavement on the edge of the water body to allow for boat ramps. There's things you can do. You can create like a little, a break with a grate over it so that the water that's running down the pavement will soak in, and then you just have a little strip towards the end.
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