The contractor tasked with rebuilding Lutak Dock spent nearly $10 million on steel without authorization from the federal government. Haines Borough officials say they didn’t authorize the purchase either. But, documents shared with CVN raise questions about what borough officials knew and when. They include a Nov. 17 email from Turnagain informing the borough that it had spent millions […]
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Pressure builds around Lutak Dock rebuild discussions
Pressure is building on the Haines Borough Assembly to look into a $20 million project to rebuild Lutak Dock as a cargo facility for the borough after dozens of residents wrote into the assembly to request the project be slowed down or put on hold. The project has divided the community for months, with opponents saying the borough doesn’t […]
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Let’s protect biodiversity of Chilkoot/Lutak
Per linear mile, per square mile, the Chilkoot/Lutak watershed/inlet holds more biodiversity (land, river, and marine wildlife), tourism attraction, quality of life assets for residents and production of healthy seafood (hooligan, salmon, dolly varden, shrimp, crab, halibut, seals) than any other portion of this amazing place we call home. Let’s treat the Chilkoot/Lutak watershed/inlet corridor […]
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Slow spending for Lutak, Porcupine projects
The Haines Borough government broke the rules on the FEMA-funded Porcupine Road project this summer, and FEMA pulled the funding, leaving local taxpayers with a bill for $1.4 million. That hurts, but it’s also a warning. The Haines Borough government is also breaking the rules with the $20 million RAISE grant that could fund the Lutak Dock rebuild. That money is […]
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Outgoing planning commission grants permit for controversial Lutak Rd. gravel project
Despite pushback from people who called the project a risk to public safety, members of Haines’ outgoing planning commission granted a permit for a company to blast into a hillside along Lutak Road to extract hard rock and other material. During the planning commission meeting on Monday (Oct. 23), members heard pushback from a handful of people […]
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Outgoing planning commission grants permit for controversial Lutak Rd. gravel project
Despite pushback from people who called the project a risk to public safety, members of Haines’ outgoing planning commission granted a permit for a company to blast into a hillside along Lutak Road to extract hard rock and other material. During the planning commission meeting on Monday (Oct. 23), members heard pushback from a handful of people […]
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Kreitzer’s letter last week on Lutak Dock was misinformed
When the Haines Borough most recently requested funding for the Lutak Dock project from the state and federal government, both applications mentioned the “transshipment of ore.” In the federal request, Constantine was listed as one of the “[k]ey collaborators that contributed meaningful input throughout project development.” The results of Lynn Canal Conservation’s multiple records requests regarding the Lutak Dock project culminated in a […]
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Lutak Dock comment deadline extended
The comment period for a federal permit for the Lutak Dock reconstruction has been extended by two weeks. Haines Borough is seeking to rebuild the cargo dock, which sits just south of the public ferry terminal on Lutak Road. The project is being built with a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. The borough says the […]
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Lutak Road work resumes after cease-and-desist
Work on a gravel storage site on Lutak Road resumed after Southeast Road Builders paid a $600 fee for unpermitted work at the site, which sits just past the ferry terminal. The borough says the company may face more penalties for removing soil from the area without a required conditional use permit. The 21-acre site, made up […]
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Lutak Road project unacceptable
The recent increased truck traffic along Lutak Road by Southeast Road Builders to export sand and gravel from the Haines Borough via the Lutak Dock is noisy, dangerous, and incompatible with bikers, walkers and families with kids and strollers along Lutak Road. It is unacceptable and intolerable. Local government that caters to industry to the detriment of its residents, especially all those who […]