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Dreams realized . . .at what
cost?
By Roberta "Bobbie" McCreary
June 15, 2005
Wednesday
Colleen, from your recent posting, "4. The airport ferry
costs us, those of us who live here in Ketchikan. They are now
charging $5.00 each way to get to and from the airport. If we
had a bridge then the Borough would no longer have to subsidize
this operation, and could perhaps ultimately cut local property
taxes, as they will no longer have the expenses of running the
airport ferries which run at a huge deficit even with their fees."
Where does the money coming
from to maintain the bridge, access and egress roads and parking
facilities after the bridge is built? The Borough? and, thus,
from local taxes? This is the part I still do not hear an answer
for...(and Mr. Ellis, that answer doesn't seem to be forthcoming
from Alaska DOT either...)
Roberta "Bobbie"
McCreary
Ketchikan, AK - USA
Related Viewpoint:
 Dreams
and hopes for Ketchikan are about to be realized By Colleen
Scanlon - Ketchikan, AK - USA
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