Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Lynn Canal Highway

Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage

A federal appeals court panel heard oral arguments on the Juneau Access Road today.  A lower court ruled that the decision to go ahead with a highway along the coast of Lynn Canal violated the National Environmental Policy Act because it didn’t properly analyze what could be done with the ferry system as an alternative.  The state argued that the decision was legal.

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