Blue Highway- A Documentary Film by Costa Del Mar.

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…)

Federal judge’s decision to block project must be appealed by June 5
By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE

A federal judge handed advocates of the Juneau Road a big defeat in February when he overturned the project’s approval, and then a smaller defeat last month when he refused to reconsider that decision. State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities officials are maintaining that U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick misread the evidence and got the decision wrong, however. (more…)

courtesy Pete McDonald, The Fishing Jones blog

Stephen Mick, a filmmaker from Austin, Texas, set out to shoot an adventure video with the sunglass maker Costa Del Mar and wound up making a documentary about this story. Here, Mick answers some questions about “Blue Highway,” the finished documentary set to debut next Friday at the Teva Mountain Games. (more…)