{"id":62736,"date":"2020-08-17T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/city-state-sign-on-to-channel-crossing-study\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T22:07:00","slug":"city-state-sign-on-to-channel-crossing-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/city-state-sign-on-to-channel-crossing-study\/","title":{"rendered":"City, state sign on to channel crossing study"},"content":{"rendered":"

State and city officials will commission a study to explore options for a second crossing between Juneau and Douglas Island, the City and Borough of Juneau announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Juneau and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public facilities signed a memorandum of agreement<\/a> to conduct a Planning and Environmental Linkages, or PEL, study for what’s being called the Juneau North Channel Second Crossing Project.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the study is “is to identify affected resources and potential impacts and gather public and agency input to determine options for a second crossing,” a CBJ news release said.<\/p>\n

Plans for a second crossing date back to the ’80s, and in 2018 the Empire reported on an effort championed by then-Mayor Ken Koelsch. An exact location for the proposed crossing has not been identified. <\/p>\n

[City revisits idea of North Douglas crossing<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n

“There have been efforts over the years to talk about a second channel crossing,” Watt told the Empire Monday afternoon. “And when I say ‘over the years’ I mean 45 years, roughly.”<\/p>\n

The state and city signed the agreement Aug. 10 and will use money allocated by the Assembly in 2018 for the $210,000 needed in matching funds for the study, according to CBJ. <\/p>\n

DOT will take the lead on the project, the release said, with the help of a private consulting firm. A firm hasn’t yet been chosen, DOT spokesman Sam Dapcevich said, a contract would be put out to bid at a later date.<\/p>\n

Though studies have taken place in the past, this study would be a brand new planning process, Watt said, that would evaluate all the options and come up with a preferred location.<\/p>\n

• Contact reporter Peter Segall at psegall@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @SegallJnoEmpire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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