Work completed over the summer on a Southeast Road Builders project past the ferry terminal on Lutak Road. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

A settlement between Southeast Roadbuilders (SERB) and the borough last week granted a conditional use permit for gravel extraction on Lutak Road, ending a long-running string of appeals that moved between the planning commission, borough assembly, and State Superior Court. 

But now, the process for the final resolution, conducted in settlement negotiations and…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.