The Alaska Legislature has approved about $8.5 million in capital projects spending in the Haines Borough, including $4.5 million for rehabilitation of borough roads, $1 million for a Chilkoot River bear-viewing platform, and $535,000 for removal of asbestos cement water lines.
In Klukwan, the legislature would spend $3.6 million, all but $100,000 of it going to the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center.
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has about three weeks to veto any…
