Blue Highway- A Documentary Film by Costa Del Mar.

Thanks to those who helped (Alaska Mountain Guides!) pass out “Blue Highway” DVD’s at the Southeast Alaska Mountain Fair in Haines!

Juneau Empire
Letter to the editor

In all the opinions proposed on road access up Lynn Canal, there is one possibility that has been glossed over and another not even mentioned, or at least I haven’t seen it. (more…)

50-mile road designated a ‘mega-project’; cost estimate from highway agency at $491 million
By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE

New cost estimates boosting the Juneau Access Project to half a billion dollars has moved the road into the realm of “mega-projects,” a designation bringing with it new federal regulations.

A Federal Highway analysis of the 50.8 mile road up the east side of Lynn Canal is estimated to cost $491 million to complete, according to a Federal Highway Administration agency. So far $25 million has been spent. (more…)

Alaska Channel 2 News staff
Thursday, July 9, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Juneau road project will cost the state nearly half a billion dollars. (more…)

Letter to the editor
Juneau Empire

To date, every single problematic aspect of building the Juneau access road has a sound and valid solution to it. (more…)

The Governor of Alaska has asked Congress for nearly $300 million dollars to build the Juneau Access Road. This costly and controversial project would require removal of miles of pristine coastline along the Inside Passage’s Lynn Canal, the longest and deepest fjord in North America. Taxpayers for Commonsense, in its report, Roads to Ruin, call this road one of the “biggest transportation boondoggles in the country”. (more…)

Costa wants to thank everyone who made it out to the “Blue Highway” debut at Teva Mountain Games last Friday. You were a great crowd, and we warmed by the applause. We’ll notify you all on upcoming showings.

Documentary “Blue Highway” to premiere Friday in Vail at Teva Mountain Games
Vail Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com

VAIL, Colorado — Stretching 90 miles along Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Lynn Canal is North America ‘s deepest fjord.

Its waters were the lifeblood of the Klondike gold rush, and now gives visitors a window into the wild that defines Alaska . The Lynn Canal also ties the people of Alaska’s southeast together. It is their highway.

But for more than three decades, the fight over paving an actual highway alongside the canal has divided communities and left the future of the Lynn Canal in doubt.

On Friday, at 8 p.m., Costa Del Mar will debut its documentary film, “Blue Highway,” as part of the Outdoor Reels Series at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail. (more…)

May 27th, 2009

AIL, Colo. – May 26, 2009 – Stretching ninety miles along Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Lynn Canal is North America’s deepest fjord. Its waters were the lifeblood of the Klondike Gold Rush, and now offer visitors a window into the wild that defines Alaska. The Lynn Canal also ties the people of Alaska’s Southeast together. It is their highway. (more…)