Alaska is a very young state, and has not had the huge amounts of federal dollars spent on infrastructure the lower 48 has. So it makes sense that they be allowed to catch up some.
Ketchikan has NO road access to it's airport, they must depend on a ferry to get to it. Such a situation would NEVER be tolerated down south. It is Alaska's 5th largest city, has no roads connecting it to anywhere, ships take a looong time to get anywhere, so the airport is much, much more important there than elsewhere.
It is certainly reasonable to see why any city would want fast, reliable access to their only connection to the rest of the world.
I did not know that about the Ketchikan airport. Thanks for enlightening me. I always figgered that Ketchikan was mostly a northern suburb of Seattle rather than a part of Alaska (LOL!).
Of course, the fact that Frank Murkowski (Lisa’s daddy) owned property at the proposed landing of the “Bridge to Nowhere” made for a foul stench to the whole deal. Or was the property owner the late Ted Stevens? I know it wasn’t Begich but I’m sure that his family has plenty of skeletons in their closet.
What do you think about the proposed highway and/or RR to Nome? Now THAT would be something!
One more thing. The Anchorage Daily Pravda never met a Republican that they didn’t loathe.