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    Transportation
    Updated transportation plan open for public comment
    Updated transportation plan open for public comment
    By Emilie Springer • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The 2023 plan emphasizes improvements between vehicles and nonmorized transportation options

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    Outlaw Body and Paint’s Wesley Jackson, center, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly about the affects of calcium chloride brine on vehicles he treats during a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    DOT to review salt brine use on peninsula...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 10, 2023 2:30 am

    Multiple people, including automotive workers, testified in opposition to the use of the salt brine

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    Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion file
Areas cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass Project (bottom) can be seen above the Kenai River in Cooper Landing in this August 10, 2021, photo.
    Bypass project costs jump, state looks for more...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 26, 2023 2:30 am

    The long-planned project aims to reduce traffic congestion through Cooper Landing

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    A sign displays the logo of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Senior centers, social services suggested as stops for...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 5, 2023 2:30 am

    Project leaders on a proposed fixed-route bus service for the central Kenai Peninsula are requesting public input on what the…

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    The intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways is seen on Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Borough to use federal funds for street safety
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 23, 2023 2:30 am

    The funds were made available through the Safe Streets and Roads for All program

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    A map shows the location of a safety corridor project along the Sterling Highway between Sterling and Soldotna. (Photo courtesy of DOT&PF)
    Sterling highway project to have limited environmental impact,...
    By Camille Botello • January 26, 2022 1:30 am

    The stretch highway to be improved reaches from Fred Meyer in Soldotna to the bridge over Moose River in Sterling

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    Signs welcome travelers to the Kenai Municipal Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Federal funds coming to peninsula airports
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 1, 2021 2:30 am

    The money was made available under the American Rescue Plan Act.

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    A spruce bark beetle is seen on the underside of a piece of bark taken from logs stacked near Central Peninsula Landfill on Thursday, July 1, 2021 near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Feds fund beetle kill mitigation efforts
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The funds were part of $2 million in beetle kill mitigation funds obtained by Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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    A stretch of Kenai Spur Highway can be seen in this August 2019 photo in Soldotna, Alaska. (Clarion file)
    ATVs, other all-purpose vehicles, to be OK on...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The regulations drew safety concerns when first proposed earlier this year.

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    Cars wait while debris is cleared from a section of the Sterling Highway on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. A landslide on Sunday morning blocked both lanes of the highway, which had partially reopened Monday.(Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Traffic moving with delays in Cooper Landing after...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

    The landslide happened on a section of road between Mileposts 49 and 51 on the Sterling Highway.

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    Traffic moves north along the Sterling Highway shortly after a fatal crash closed the highway for several hours Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The state is seeking federal funding for a project aimed at improving safety along the Sterling Highway between mileposts 82.5 to 94, or between Sterling and Soldotna. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    State looks to federal funding for Sterling Highway...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    The project is aimed at improving highway safety between Sterling and Soldotna.

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    photos by Peter Segall | Juneau Empire                                The MV Matanuska tied up at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday.
    Lawmakers: Ferries will struggle even with small cash...
    By Peter Segall • February 12, 2020 4:10 pm

    Recent funding just scratches surface of needs.

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