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A 'Bridge To Nowhere' No More

Posted by: Nate Berg

24 September 2007 - 7:00am

Widely-criticized plans to build a $398 million bridge between a remote Alaskan airport and a neighboring island have been formally dropped by the state.

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"The state of Alaska today officially abandoned the "bridge to nowhere" project that became a nationwide symbol of federal pork-barrel spending."

"The $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on one island in southeastern Alaska, to its airport on another nearby island."

"'Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer,' Gov. Sarah Palin said in a statement."

Source: Houston Chronicle, Sep 21, 2007
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