The Haines Borough has received an extra $350,000 to extend its Safe Routes to School sidewalk project from Third Avenue to East Fair Drive.
The Alaska Department of Transportation project originally received $625,000 in funding to construct a five-foot wide sidewalk along the north side of Old Haines Highway from Third Avenue to the school, but the project’s scope was amended to extend to Allen Road.
Keith Karpstein, DOT’s engineering manager for the Southeast region,…
