1994 Alaska capital relocation vote, by districts

[jimrtex]

I mean, should Texas return to Houston.

Yes.

The problem with places like Austin and Juneau is all they have is the capital, so they are big on expanding government programs.  The US capital should be moved as well.

[jimrtex]

I mean, should Texas return to Houston.

Yes.

The problem with places like Austin and Juneau is all they have is the capital, so they are big on expanding government programs.  The US capital should be moved as well.

It a really fast growing medium-sized city. In any case would building a road to Juneau that difficult? I know that the geography sucks, but we have roads that go all sorts of crazy places. It seems to me that if they can find $280 million dollars to build a bridge to nowhere, they can find whatever it takes to connect a state capital to the outside world.

One plan for a road said that it would cost around 2 billion dollars, if done on the cheap. If you are actually including the fact that most major projects like that go over budget you could be looking at 3 billion or so dollars. The terrain is some of the most hostile to road construction in the world, outside of places like Greenland and Nunavut. Add that to the fact that the closest road is the Alaska Highway which is nearly 450 miles east of Juneau and you have a major construction project on your hands.

3 billion is may be a week or two in Iraq. If that's all it takes to build a road to a state capital, I don't see why not. They spent 10% of that to build a bridge to a virtually uninhated island.  Looking at my road atlas, it doesn't look that far (maybe a hundred miles or so) to Skagway or Haines, both of which are connected to roads.

Highway from Ketchikan to its airport including two bridges, which would also open up developable land on an island that is currently virtually uninhabited.

Juneau to Skagway & Haines.
The original proposal would have built the road from Juneau to Skagway with a ferry link to Haines.  After it was determined that route would have a negative impact on a historical district in the Skagway area, the last part of the route to Skagway was also switched to ferry service.

The project is apparently under re-study.  Gov. Palin cancelled a girder contract that had been let in the last days of the Murkowski administration.

Lynn Canal Materials Contract Cancelled