The construction of King Cove road has been delayed since 1998. The road, which would be improved gravel, would connect Cold Bay and King cove to an already built federal road. It would connect the Aleut village of King Cove (estimated population of 1000 people) to the main road. Currently the only way to get to the village is a WW2 airstrip or helicopter. There have been 63 medevac flights. I guess the Clinton administration gave them 38 million dollars for a hovercraft in 1999 but they stopped using it in 2010. THey said it couldn't handle chop and was inoperable 30% of the time. I believe the proposed road would have cost 50 million.
The arguments against it are the road would be dangerous in hte winter, and it cuts thru 50 sq miles of wildlife refuge, as well as they don't want it further improved for commercial use and it doesn't serve enough people to make it worth the expense.
It's Alaska. It's a one lane gravel road. You shouldn't need to rely on aircraft to get somewhere in a hurry. I'm generally for wildlife conservation but most of the animals they are trying to protect are migratory birds.
Surely some accommodations can be reached.
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The arguments against it are the road would be dangerous in hte winter, and it cuts thru 50 sq miles of wildlife refuge, as well as they don't want it further improved for commercial use and it doesn't serve enough people to make it worth the expense.
It's Alaska. It's a one lane gravel road. You shouldn't need to rely on aircraft to get somewhere in a hurry. I'm generally for wildlife conservation but most of the animals they are trying to protect are migratory birds.
Surely some accommodations can be reached.
U.S. withdraws Trump-era land deal in Alaska wildlife refuge
The Biden administration said on Tuesday it rescinded a land swap deal struck by former President Donald Trump's interior secretary that would have allowed a new road to cut through an Alaska wildlife refuge.
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