Infrastructure
RSSAlaska News tracks infrastructure projects across Alaska, including transportation, utilities, water systems, and public facilities planning and development.
Fairbanks-area plan projects draw $13 million in federal road money; award records give no build dates
Fairbanks-area transportation projects received $13 million in federal highway money before the fiscal year ended, but award records do not specify when construction will begin.
by Walter AlaskaNews24m ago1 min read
Federal records show $142 million in highway grants for four Sterling Highway projects
Federal records show $142 million in grants for four Sterling Highway jobs, mostly the Cooper Landing bypass, which still has a bridge and years of work to go.
by Walter AlaskaNews6h ago2 min read
Seward council approves $11.8 million in shore power contracts for cruise dock
Seward approved nearly $12 million for a giant battery and dock design so plugged-in cruise ships don't dim the lights in town. The EPA grant is paying.
by Walter AlaskaNews9h ago2 min read
Wasilla sets Oct. 12 hearing on airport master plan that recommends higher lease rates
Wasilla airport leases have cost 6 cents a square foot for decades. A new 20-year master plan says that should go up. The public hearing is Oct. 12.
by Walter AlaskaNews9h ago2 min read
Coast Guard orders $315 million fuel pier and cutter berths at Base Kodiak
The Coast Guard has now ordered about $458 million in new work at Base Kodiak this year, led by a $315 million fuel pier and berths for its biggest cutters.
by Walter AlaskaNews11h ago2 min read
Anchorage contractor gets $7.5 million Border Patrol order for transportation and guard services
Anchorage-based Trailboss Enterprises has a new $7.5 million Border Patrol order. Its immigration transport work for ICE and CBP has mostly been in Texas.
by Melinda Communities.News19h ago2 min read
Lincoln Street in downtown Sitka to close Oct. 5 to 15 for water line work
Part of Lincoln Street by St. Michael's Cathedral closes Oct. 5 to 15 for a new water line. Sitka's downtown gets a detour, and everyone gets a longer walk.
by Walter AlaskaNews22h ago1 min read
Anchorage airport passenger traffic grows 9% as Fairbanks holds steady, state report says
Anchorage's airport saw about 9% more travelers in the first half of 2026, and more cargo too. Fairbanks held steady right where it was last year.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Coast Guard awards $36.4 million to repair industrial facility at Base Ketchikan
The Coast Guard is spending $36.4 million to repair a building at Base Ketchikan, the borough's biggest federal contract this year by a wide margin.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
House passes water bill naming Alaska harbor, flood and water projects; Senate still has to act
The House passed a water bill naming Kodiak's harbor, Juneau's glacial floods and Sitka water money. None of it counts until the Senate agrees.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1d ago2 min read
Fairbanks borough seeks $2.6 million for two landfill compactors after transmission failure
Fairbanks' landfill compactor blew its transmission after two rebuilds. The mayor says skip the third rebuild and wants $2.6 million for two new machines.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
FAA awards $19.6 million to replace worn-out lighting and signs at Haines Airport
Haines Airport's runway lights, taxiway signs and beacon have all reached the end of their useful life, per the FAA, which is sending $19.6 million to fix that.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3d ago2 min read
Big Lake's trail groomers are asking the state for a snowmachine
The volunteers who groom 40 miles of Big Lake trail want a new snowmachine. Last time they asked the state for $35,000 and got about a third.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Park Service awards $4.5 million contract to upgrade Glacier Bay's water system for firefighting
Glacier Bay's Bartlett Cove is getting bigger water lines so firefighters have enough pressure to fight a building fire. The job is worth about $4.5 million.
by Melinda Communities.News4d ago1 min read
Anchorage will take public comment on Merrill Field's next 20 years Oct. 15
Merrill Field is planning its next 20 years, noise study included. The open house is Oct. 15, and it gathers input rather than setting priorities.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Park Service hires Everts Air Fuel to keep avgas at two remote Alaska park units through 2030
Two of Alaska's roadless park units run on small planes, and small planes run on avgas. The Park Service is paying Everts Air Fuel $54,506 to keep it coming.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Kenai's council will award a bluff erosion contract the day after bids close
Kenai's council votes Sept. 30 on an erosion contract with blanks where the contractor and the price go. Bids do not close until the day before.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Coast Guard awards nearly $5 million to fix moisture damage in Cordova family housing
The Coast Guard is spending nearly $5 million to fix moisture damage in its Cordova duplexes. In fairness to the duplexes, they do live in Cordova.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago1 min read
CBP awards Teya Diversified $23.3 million for border port repairs
Anchorage-based Teya Diversified won three CBP contracts worth $23.3 million for repairs at northern border ports, though records do not confirm whether any work occurs in Alaska.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min read
Denali Borough adds $130,710 to fix roads damaged fighting a fire
Denali Borough is spending another $130,710 on June Creek roads chewed up during the Bear Creek Fire. One official wore waders to do his chores.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago1 min read
Alaska will spend up to $250,000 studying a ferry terminal in Hyder
Alaska wants to study a ferry terminal for a town of 41 people. The reason is Canada: Hyder's road runs south through B.C., and Prince Rupert may not last.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Federal grant of $310,307 funds condition survey of Alaska's ferry fleet
Alaska is paying $310,000 to survey a ferry fleet whose flagship turns 62 this year. The bid to replace it came in $49 million over budget.
by Melinda Communities.News5d ago1 min read
Palmer's plan to test whether its two main wells can produce more clears state review
Palmer's plan to study and possibly expand Wells 4 and 5, which supply 90 percent of the city's water, cleared state environmental review. The city has requested a $1.5 million state loan for it.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
The Alaska Court System awarded a $5.25 million contract to expand the Palmer Courthouse
The Legislature gave Palmer a fifth superior court judge this summer. The courthouse did not have room for the four judges it already had.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min read
Wasilla commissioner asks if city should pause commercial development
A Wasilla commissioner floated halting commercial development over road funding. The chair noted commerce is what pays the city's share of road projects.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Homer's tsunami evacuation route is being raised and widened
The road Homer would use to get people off the Spit ahead of a tsunami is being raised and widened, with $1.17 million obligated toward it so far.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
FAA awards Sitka $2 million for seaplane base land and final design
Sitka has federal money to buy land and finish designs for a new floatplane base. The $34 million to actually build it hasn't turned up yet.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min read
Kodiak's health center is getting its own heating unit, off the hospital's
Kodiak's community health center shares aging air handling with the hospital next door. A $300,000 earmark buys it a rooftop unit of its own.
by Melinda Communities.News6d ago1 min read
Fairbanks rewrites Chena riverfront rules; its own 2019 warning was never acted on
A 2019 letter warned that Chena River homes built to code could lose their ground before the mortgage is paid off. Fairbanks is rewriting the plan now.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Bethel would lease city lots to a fiber contractor without taking bids
Bethel would lease six city lots to a fiber contractor for $201,600 without bids, and nothing in the packet shows how the price was set.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Bethel council to authorize $5,200 culvert easements the city signed months ago
Bethel City Council takes up an ordinance Tuesday authorizing $5,200 in perpetual culvert easements along Ptarmigan Road that the city manager already signed in May and June, with a public hearing Oct. 13.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
The King Cove road is under construction, but the refuge corridor is still blocked
Bulldozers are on the first 2.8 miles of the King Cove road. The 10.5 miles through the refuge that would finish it are still blocked by a judge.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 6d ago2 min read
Denali's road work starts the day after the last bus of the season
Denali's last bus of the season ran Sept. 17. The very next morning, a $6.2 million contract to fix the roads those buses depend on began.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Flaggers still at Richardson Highway MP 210 as rock blasting wraps up
Crews blasted the last of an unstable rock outcrop off the Richardson Highway at Milepost 210, a year after the state flagged it. Traffic is still controlled.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Kenai refuge's environmental education building gets exterior repairs
The Kenai refuge's environmental education building is getting a $48,000 exterior fix-up this fall, from a small business based in Colorado.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Juneau's glacial flood bond vote would not reach voters until October 2027
Juneau can't vote on borrowing for permanent flood protection until October 2027, because the Army Corps won't have a cost estimate until then.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Alaska's Coast Guard distress radios have missed calls, and a fix is funded
The Coast Guard's own inspector general found outages in Alaska's distress radio network kept it from hearing some calls for help. A fix is funded.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read
Ferry programs drew $27.73 million of Alaska's federal awards last week
Alaska took $69.2 million in federal awards last week, most of it for ferries, which already lean on Washington for nearly half their operating budget.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago1 min read
Railroad board to discuss $315 million Port MacKenzie extension Friday
The Alaska Railroad board will discuss a private consortium's Port MacKenzie proposal Friday. Any board action must occur in public session.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Saint Paul's harbor needs $90 million in work, and the city wants input
A 2021 study found Saint Paul's harbor needs over $90 million in work. Residents get two chances in October to shape what actually gets built.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
