The Haines Highway reconstruction project, a $100 million job about 12 years in the making, this week received the green light to move forward.

The Federal Highway Administration signed off on the Alaska Department of Transportation’s plan to widen the roadway, straighten curves and address slide issues from Mile 3.5 to 25.3. The organizations jointly released final environmental paperwork and the critical “finding of no significant impact” document on Tuesday.

“This is a very large…