Residents say ‘keep curves in highway’

Location plans to reconstruct the Haines Highway from Mile 24 (Chilkat River bridge) to the Canadian border are “cast in jello” and not at all final. That was the message Department of Transportation engineers brought to public hearings in Haines and at Mosquito Lake Thursday. 

“This is the location phase of the project,” said DOT location engineer Robert Hungerford. “We want to determine the best corridor for the route.”

Once located, the highway will be…