Opponents of the East Side Lynn Canal Highway, also known as the Juneau Road, outnumbered the project’s advocates five to one at last week’s Department of Transportation public hearing on the proposed 50-mile road from Juneau to the Katzehin River.
DOT sent 15 employees, consultants and independent contractors to the meeting, plus two Federal Highway Administration employees. DOT also hired a stenographer and hearing officer to run the public hearing on the Juneau Access Project…