Guest Editorial

The state is taking money that was appropriated for one bad idea almost a generation ago and spending it on an equally wasteful idea.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Department of Transportation, which manages the Alaska Marine Highway System, has signed a $28.5 million contract to start work toward a new ferry terminal at Cascade Point, 40 long road miles north of downtown Juneau.

The money is coming from a kitty left over from a long-ago appropriation to build a longer road between Juneau and Haines or Skagway. The billion-dollar road was never built, though millions of dollars was foolishly spent on p...