Borough assembly members voted Tuesday to spend $5,000 on an Anchorage-based firm’s review of its appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Porcupine Trail Road repair funds.

Borough officials have been working on an appeal to FEMA’s decision to claw back nearly $1.5 million in funding for repairs to Porcupine Trail Road after the agency found the borough broke federal rules in rebuilding portions of the road in 2023.

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