Gov. Sean Parnell has included $4.5 million for Haines harbor improvement in the coming year’s budget, work that will go toward reducing wave action in the current basin by building a new structure at the south end of the existing breakwater.

Parnell’s budget also shows $1 million for Haines Highway reconstruction between 3.5 Mile and 21 Mile, $700,000 for replacing the Barnett Drive water tank, $1.6 million for a Department of Transportation snow removal equipment…