The Alaska Deapartment of Transportation is working on a $27 million plan to build a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almost 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay terminal, so that the state’s newest ferry could make daily round trips between Juneau, Haines and Skagway.
The proposal, which is still under review by the department, is designed to accommodate the 280-foot-long, 300-passenger Tazlina, which lacks crew quarters. U.S. Coast Guard regulations prohibit the ship from…