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    The idea of the discussion between lawmakers and DOT is to figure out which transportation projects should take priority. "Commissioner, I'm not trying to make it sound like the department isn't doing its job. It's just that when you add this up it's going to be like 11-ty kabillion dollars, which even the State of Alaska doesn't have" Rep. Mike Doogan, D-Anchorage, said. Full Article at KTUU
    Commissioner, I'm not trying to make it sound like the department isn't doing its job. It's just that when you add this up it's going to be like 11-ty kabillion dollars, which even the State of Alaska doesn't have
    – Mike Doogan SOURCE: KTUU 2 months ago
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Lawmakers complete tour of possible DOT projects
  1. Some of those vessels are going to be expensive and need to be replaced ... If we don't get it started soon we are going to have four vessels that we need to take care of now, and now we are talking billions instead of hundreds of millions.
    SOURCE: KTUU 2 months ago
  2. And it's millions and millions and millions of dollars ... So we are going to have to work in the interim on some small fixes: turnouts, rumble strips, guard rail, maybe smoothing out a couple of curves -- even that will take millions of dollars. But nothing like it would to get a four-lane divided high...
    SOURCE: KTUU 2 months ago
  3. So we are following up on ruts in the road, heaves in the highway -- all different types of things that are here in Southcentral and also in all different parts of the state
    SOURCE: KTUU 2 months ago

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