Alaska's 'bridge to nowhere' plan finally scrapped

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:03pm EDT

Alaska's 'bridge to nowhere' plan finally scrapped

JUNEAU, ALASKA | BY STEVE QUINN

A proposed Alaska bridge that became a symbol of wasteful federal spending on politicians' pet projects has officially been scrapped a decade after the idea was first floated, state officials said on Friday.

Dubbed the "bridge to nowhere," it would have connected the small city of Ketchikan to its airport on nearby Gravina island, and it secured a $223 million earmark in 2005.

The earmark for the project, in the southeast part of Alaska, was later rescinded.

State transportation officials have told local borough leaders of plans instead to upgrade a ferry system used to shuttle airport users to and from the island.

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[JonathanRackham]

1. Conjestion

Republicans will be stuck in traffic for weeks now.