The Alaska Department of Transportation has been working more than two years on the idea of building a new state ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almost 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay dock, to cut down the time for same-day, round-trip runs between Juneau, Haines and Skagway.
It’s a bad idea, several Haines residents told the community’s two legislators who were here for a town hall meeting last Friday.
People supported the idea of…

