Senate budget holds $39 million for Haines

In a “lean” $2 billion capital budget recently passed by the Alaska Senate, about $39 million will go toward Haines projects.

Haines’ slice of the capital budget includes: $31 million for Haines Highway reconstruction and replacement of the Wells Bridge, $5 million for replacement of the Klehini River Bridge, $2 million for airport improvements and rehabilitation, $625,000 for the Old Haines Highway sidewalk, and $570,000 for asbestos cement pipe replacement.

The Haines Borough submitted its…