Alaskans Vote on Transport Bond

Alaska voters will decide on a $453 million transportation bond next week.

If passed, the ballot measure would allocate money to build the first leg of a multi-billion dollar road to Nome, to help move a village, pay for a rail link to a port at Point MacKenzie and add to the expansion of the Anchorage port, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

Specifically, the general obligation bond proposition would spend $195 million in grants to local government for ports, harbors and other projects and give the department of transportation $254 million for road projects and one airport, the newspaper said.

The port and rail extensions are the largest grants.

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