Haines Hwy project to delay if budget stalls

The state’s Haines Highway construction project will be delayed if the Alaska Legislature doesn’t pass a capital budget.

The first phase of the highway construction project that will repave and widen the road from 3 Mile to 12 Mile was scheduled to go out to bid by the end of July, said Alaska Department of Transportation spokesperson Aurah Landau.

“(ADOT is) hoping to get that project out for bid this summer and hoping to start…