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Governor asks Trump for permit needed to connect Alaska railroad to Canada, Lower 48
Anchorage Daily News ^
| 31 March 2019
| Alex DeMarban
Posted on 03/31/2019 3:05:31 PM PDT by KC_Lion
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is asking President Donald Trump to grant a presidential permit to extend the Alaska Railroad into Canada, supporting a Canadian company seeking to blaze a new path for Asian-bound products.
Linking the Alaska and North American rail systems, an idea more than a century old, would cut at least two days travel time for Canadian and Lower 48 cargo headed to the Far East because of shorter sea routes, supporters say.
“To me it was a no-brainer,” said Sean McCoshen, chief executive of Alberta to Alaska Railway Development Corp., speaking to the Senate Transportation Committee late last month.
“A2A will make Alaska’s ports the closest to Asia in North America,” Mead Treadwell, a former Alaska lieutenant governor and consultant to the Canadian company, told a reporter on Thursday.
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Railcars would move overland to Cook Inlet, carrying passengers and freight. Cargo would include bitumen, the semi-solid, tar-like form of crude oil, potash used in fertilizer, and ore from mines.
Asian imports could be hauled into Canada and the Lower 48.
Estimates show the project would generate at least $4 billion in annual revenues, the company says.
The state would benefit by renting right-of-way to the company, and through tariffs paid for railcars traveling through Alaska, Treadwell said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Government; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2020election; alaska; alaskarailroad; alaskarailway; alberta; boycotts; canada; election2020; energy; howardschultz; hydrocarbons; maga; mikedunleavy; opec; railroad; sanctions; seanmccoshen; starbucks; tariffs; trade; trump; trumpalaska
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03/31/2019 3:05:31 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
To: cracker45; Tainan; Jet Jaguar; SENTINEL; redpoll; ArmyTeach; Eska; hattend; hosepipe; vpintheak; ...
Alaska Ping.
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:07:05 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
Seems like a good deal to me. I say go for it!
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:07:44 PM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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To: KC_Lion
To: MeganC
Opps!
Meant to include you in on this Alaska Ping too Megan dear :)
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:08:57 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
A good idea that’s been a long time coming.
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03/31/2019 3:09:03 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:10:16 PM PDT
by
simpson96
To: Fiddlstix; CondorFlight; MeganC
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:10:24 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
Seems so incredibly odd this wasn’t done years, even decades ago. Even in the second WWII this would have been good. But now, can they get it accomplished?
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03/31/2019 3:11:31 PM PDT
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Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
To: simpson96; beaversmom
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:11:43 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: KC_Lion
Looks like a balancing act. Need to do more research.
To: KC_Lion
When Murkowski votes WITH Trump, we’ll think about it.
To: Rebelbase
I am sure the Travel benefits would be great for freight and even passengers.
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:17:20 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
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To: KC_Lion
I expect that one segment of Canadian business will oppose this. Currently there is rail container traffic to the port of Prince Rupert north of Vancouver between there and Alaska. Bypassing that port to get closer to Asia in Alaska will mean trade offs - more train haulage versus possible loss at Prince Rupert.
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03/31/2019 3:21:33 PM PDT
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CedarDave
(Democrats: Creating a dependency class using open borders and voter fraud to get and keep power.)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:24:04 PM PDT
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gattaca
("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
To: KC_Lion
To: KC_Lion
I hope so. It takes a long time to ship those two dollar Amazon items from China.
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posted on
03/31/2019 3:27:58 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(We are in the midst of a Cold Civil War.)
To: CedarDave
I imagine the only reason it hasn’t already been done is because of political opposition from ports in western Canada and the northwestern United States.
To: KC_Lion
Why ask the president?
Skip the middle man and go straight to the real decision-maker, the nearest federal judge.
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03/31/2019 3:36:00 PM PDT
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daler
To: Jet Jaguar; Rebelbase; Fiddlstix; CondorFlight; Reno89519; Sacajaweau
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03/31/2019 3:49:37 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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