SITKA, Alaska (AP) –

The city of Sitka has announced that construction will start on the second phase of

an oceanside sidewalk

project thanks to more

than $1.3 million in state funding.

The money awarded through the Alaska Transportation Alternatives Program will

help cover the cost of extending the walkway. The Sitka Sea Walk project is one of 12

projects funded statewide in the program under the state’s

transportation department,

The Sitka Sentinel

reported.

City Engineer Dan Tadic

said the next phase of construction will extend the sea walk, which stretches from the Centenn...