The cost estimate for the bypass project that would create a new route for the Sterling Highway north around the Kenai Peninsula community of Cooper Landing is now more than double the original estimate.
The Sterling Highway Project is visible above the Kenai Lake bridge in Copper Landing on June 28, 2023. According to the Alaska DOT/PF website,"The new highway is currently anticipated to be open to traffic by the end of 2027."
While there’s funding for some parts of the project, the state is now looking for additional money to help cover that difference. Transportation department spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy said that’s likely to be from a federal program called the The project is by far the largest in the state right now, McCarthy said. It’s also complex in part because it has multiple phases, it will include constructing the highest bridge in the state, and involves extensive federal and state environmental permitting.“Larger projects are typically complicated because of the environmental as well as the cost side,” she said. “That’s why they sometimes lose steam politically, because they are so large complicated and they span many years.
the state has outlined $165 million for the project, focused on constructing the bridge across Juneau Creek. The funding source is identified as the National Highway Performance Program, a federal program for improving or constructing roads on the highway system.
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