Plans for a New Port in Anchorage AK move forward

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Plans for a new port in Anchorage AK estimate the project to cost approximately $700 million to bring it to completion.  The old structure will need to be entirely taken out and replaced by a new dock at twice the length of the old one.

Although the project is still in its early stages it has already caused controversy due to the cost, environmental issues, and its manner of construction.  The dock is planned to be made of a long wall of steel, (rather than pilings) and millions of tons of gravel will be placed to fill in the space between the steel wall and the land, which would more than double the land mass of the port.  Although some engineers are less than convinced of this designs’ ability to withstand earthquakes, environmentalists are also concerned about the effects of the new dock on the salmon and belugas that exist in this area.

Project managers for the new port have recently awarded a $95 million contract for work this summer and next summer that involves installing the first sheet pile and filling the horseshoe shapes with gravel.

Read more on the Anchorage AK new port issue at Anchorage Daily News.

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