Overview:

“It’s huge,” said one assembly member after a looming deadline to sign a grant agreement for the controversial Lutak Dock project was pushed back by three years. The news could upend debates about the need to make a quick decision to approve the $25 million project to shore up the aging dock that is the entry point for most of Haines’ cargo.

Containers at the current Lutak Dock, which was built in the 1950s.…