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To: ManyMoose who wrote (188921)	12/7/2006 10:58:21 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

I think the pertinent argument is, why is it right to coerce a fellow in Florida into paying for a bridge enjoyed by someone in Alaska.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (188921)	12/7/2006 5:38:49 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793624

The highway north out of Juneau is nice in theory, but is terribly expensive to build and maintain. You have all these tall steep mountains meeting the sea, requiring extensive cutting and blasting. And then if you build it you have thunderous avalanches that can blow a large heavy bulldozer off the road into the sea. The bids for Frank's gravel pioneer road for part of the distance came in at double the expected price. And they never got approval to cross certain federal lands, so the road was going to stop 18 miles or so from Skagway, so you'd still have to take a ferry part of the way. Given the fancy new aviation navigation systems that let planes land in low cloud ceilings at Juneau, I'd rather take my chances by air than by road. Here's what Alaska should really do: 1) Move the capital from Juneau to Anchorage; 2) Move the university from Fairbanks to Juneau; 3) Move all the prisons to Fairbanks! <g>