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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (144342)	10/24/2005 5:26:55 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

>>Six flights a day in and out of Ketchikan translates roughly into 1800 passengers<< That may be an over-estimate. Ketchikan is a just a whistle-stop on the way somewhere else for a lot of those passengers. Not everyone gets on or off. That's why I'm so puzzled that the bridge became a priority. Also, the bridge is so high in the air that it will have to be closed during high winds. They'll have to keep at least one ferry around anyway, plus the added $1 million/year expense of maintaining the bridge! I'm not convinced the Alaska Legislature will authorize the project. These coastal towns tend to have an ongoing fight between the pro-development types and preservationist types. Cordova has already voted down attempts to build a road to the main highway system, and there is talk of fighting the Ketchikan bridge in the Legislature. We'll see.