Sitka’s proposed state-funded capital projects escaped the governor’s veto pen — every last one. Among the communities top projects are:
$7-million for supplemental diesel generators
$5.7-million for an expansion of Kettleson Library, and
$4.25-million for the replacement of ANB Harbor.
You can find the full list of 2013 state capital projects for Sitka here.
KCAW’s listening communities also will get many items on their wish lists:
$500,000 for a new seaplane float and dock in Elfin Cove
$240,000 for building maintenance and water and sewer improvements in Pelican
$1.5-million for improvements to Front Road in Angoon
$250,000 for a helicopter pad, a Head Start playground, and school upgrades in Angoon
$4.6 million for water and sewer upgrades in Kake, and about $500,000 for other equipment and school improvements there
1.8 million for a fence around the Yakutat airport
1.2 million for a renewable energy project, also in Yakutat, and
$300,000 for the purchase of land for a new firehall, and for streetlights, in Tenakee.
See a complete list of capital projects in KCAW’s listening communities here.
Governor Parnell made $66-million in cuts to the 2013 budget, most of it in a single veto of $50-million for the Judicial Retirement System.
