Congress’s recent failure to renew funding for a federal road maintenance program could impact tourism and trade in Haines.
Funding for the Shakwak Project, a decades-old agreement between the United States and Canadian governments regarding reconstruction and maintenance of the Alaska Highway, was not renewed in this year’s federal highway bill.
The U.S. government typically funds the project at $30 million annually, money the Yukon Territorial government uses to reconstruct and maintain the Alaska-Canada Highway…
