Stretching ninety miles along Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Lynn Canal is North America’s deepest fjord. It’s waters were the lifeblood of the Klondike Gold Rush, and now offer 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…)
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…)
Despite Alaska’s size, politics in the state almost always feels like small-town politics. When it comes to the debate over the proposed Lynn Canal road, some politicians always seem to be at the center of the argument.
In an exclusive interview from the upcoming film “Blue Highway,” State Senator Kim Elton discusses life in Alaska’s “southeast,” the fight over the proposed “Juneau Road,” and the changes it could bring to the region.
The battle over the Lynn Canal and the proposed “Juneau Road” has galvanized communities throughout Alaska’s “southeast.” Leading the charge in support of the road has been Citizens Pro-Road, a grass-roots group fighting to see the road become reality.
In this exclusive interview from the upcoming documentary “Blue Highway”, Dick Knapp, head of Citizens Pro-Road, discusses the arguments for and against the “Juneau Access Road.”
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…)
Blue Highway begins as a film about a kayak trip tracing the historic Lynn Canal travels of John Muir, but becomes a study of both sides of the battle over the proposed Juneau access road. After more than three decades of debate, is there anything left to say, and can two sides separated by environmental, economic and cultural concerns ever come together? Read more
Southeast Alaska Mountain Fair
August 10, 2009
Glossed-over Juneau access road options
July 23, 2009
Juneau Road project moves into new realm
July 20, 2009
