The Alaska Contractor: Fall 2006

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million project to extend Dowling road to Minnesota. “A few of the big projects that I’m happy about are $9 million for the Anchorage Fire Department regional fi re training center,…$25 million for Boniface parkway/48th extension-Tudor to Bragraw, and the $57 million for the University of Alaska integrated science facility,” he said. Meyer said high oil prices over the past couple of years have allowed the Legislature to invest in the infrastructure backlog that exists statewide. “There should be plenty of jobs for anyone in the construction business. It’s a growing sector of our economy. When they do well, we do well.” – Rep. Kevin Meyer “Over the past couple of years, we’ve been able to invest tens of millions of dollars to ‘link up’ some of the missing connections in the Anchorage road grid, and to ease congestion on existing roads.” He said he hopes to see the new Connect Anchorage program be realized to channel the momentum forward to improve the Anchorage road system. The program would partner the Department of Transportation and the Municipality of Anchorage to coordinate the municipality’s longrange transportation plan with the state transportation improvement program, and the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solution Committee. Meyer said a formal agreement between the state and the municipality would make it easier for the legislature to make appropriations for the program. Another prominent and contentious measure in the capital budget is the $45 million Juneau access road that would shorten the ferry ride to the capital. 36 The Alaska CONTRACTOR Fall 2006
“The governor had a lot of money for roads to resources, building roads to try to get access to mine sites, potential mining areas for oil companies to get access to drill for oil and gas. We gave him what he asked for.” So, what can general contractors expect to see from the 2007 Capital Budget? Lawmakers say, with the last two years’ capital budgets, construction contractors can expect more work. Meyer said the Petroleum Production Tax legislation passed during special session includes language that set aside $73 million for the construction of three new rural schools in 2007 and $90 million for fi ve more rural schools in 2008. “Those rural schools are big projects – $25-30 million each,” he said. “There should be plenty of jobs for anyone in the construction business. “There were all these things when we were in totally lean times that we brought to the front burner and we said, ‘it is time that we address those.’…” – Rep. Charlie Huggins It’s a growing sector of our economy. When they do well, we do well.” As for “overheating the economy,” Huggins said it has been a longtime coming. “There were all these things when we were in totally lean times that we just put on the back burner that we brought to the front burner and we said, ‘it is time that we address those.’… It’s a huge amount of money, but it’s exponential when you have a leaking roof and suddenly you’ve got to replace the whole building after four or fi ve years because the leaking roof has turned into a destroyed building. It’s a lot of money, well-spent, deserved by Alaskans.” Michele White is a journalist who lives in the Mat-Su valley and writes about a variety of issues. . Fall 2006 The Alaska CONTRACTOR 37
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