Two engineers on the Haines Borough Planning Commission were skeptical about construction elements of a $37.4 million design to refurbish Lutak Dock, but the commission unanimously approved the option anyway.
The commission recommended that the borough pursue the Alternative 1A conceptual design posed by firm R&M Consultants, which includes encapsulation of existing cells – steel frames filled with rock that support the dock structure – and reclamation of three cells that have been partially excavated.