Containers at the current Lutak Dock, which was built in the 1950s. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

The Lutak Dock replacement project will likely be over budget, engineers said this week.
Engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol told borough staff in a meeting Monday that initial design work has shown higher costs than the company expected earlier this year, when they told borough leaders they were “confident” in the borough’s chosen dock design fitting within budget.

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