We’ve lived at Lutak since 1985. In those 35 years or so the area has gone from rural with a dirt road to a densely populated residential neighborhood with a paved road, with a lot of tourism. In Alaska, the legal speed limit for a residential neighborhood is 25 mph. It’s been 35 out here for as […]
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Harbor committee backs new Lutak Dock concept
The new design concept for the Lutak Dock renovation project received unanimous support from the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee last week. Turnagain Marine Construction president Jason Davis told the committee that his company, which is under contract with the Haines Borough to design and build the project, hopes to finalize a dock design by February, finish permitting by […]
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Lutak Dock article made me more confused
I’m quite black and white about some things, like I know in my whole being that glyphosate, vaccines, etc. are poison, there’s no question for me. With things like docks and mines, I have less certainty, like maybe amounts or scale matters most, like maybe by default they aren’t totally about money and the demise […]
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Examining claims about the Lutak Dock project
Many claims have been made in recent months that have led to confusion about the Lutak Dock renovation project. The CVN evaluated several of those claims below. For decades Haines imported and exported freight and fuel via the Lutak Dock, a facility with a large bulkhead built in 1953 at 4 Mile Lutak Road by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. […]
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Lutak Dock contract delayed, consultant presents on build method
The Haines Borough is awaiting approval from MARAD (The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration Division) to finalize its contract with an owner’s advisor – and settle on a design-builder – for the Lutak Dock reconstruction project. On Tuesday borough manager Annette Kreitzer met with MARAD representatives to try to speed up the process. She said she wanted to […]
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Tourism board proposes bike path along Lutak Road
An idea to build a bike path along Lutak Road will advance to the Haines Borough Assembly after the borough’s Tourism Advisory Board unanimously backed the suggestion last week. “There are a lot of users on that road, and I would like us to begin the discussion of how we can ask the state to widen (the road), put […]
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Legislature approves funds for Lutak Dock project
The Alaska Legislature passed a budget last week that includes more than $35 million for Haines infrastructure projects including $3.2 million in matching grant funds for phase three of the Lutak Dock restoration project. The borough secured $20 million in federal funds last fall to pay for the first two phases of the project. The borough assembly […]
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Assembly votes not to create ad-hoc Lutak Dock group, delays Chilkat Inlet rezoning question
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 not to create a public ad-hoc working group that would have been tasked with advising the assembly on the Lutak Dock renovation project. Assembly member Debra Schnabel said she thought the Lutak Dock Project Group Advisory Committee, as it would have been called, would be redundant because plans for the dock project already will go through the […]
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Assembly approves phase 3 concept for Lutak Dock
Officials attempt to assuage ore transfer concerns The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to approve conceptual plans for Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Lutak Dock—a controversial vote for many residents who opposed phase 3 because they thought the designs were catered toward Canadian mining interests, though borough officials and an engineer deny the charge. Some residents worried […]
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Yukon industry reps say Lutak Dock could be used to ship ore
Harbor committee violates Open Meetings Act, borough says A renovated Lutak Dock could serve as an export facility for minerals from the Yukon Territory, Yukon industry representatives told the Haines Borough Port and Harbor Advisory Committee at a March 24 meeting. Yukon mining companies are looking for an alternative to the Skagway ore terminal, which will be decommissioned in […]