Skagway will be indefinitely without state ferry service after cracks were discovered in its ferry terminal last month. Engineers first discovered cracks in concrete supports under the vehicle and passenger transfer bridges Thursday before last. The dock was closed two days later, after the M/V Hubbard completed its Saturday docking at the facility, the state’s Department of Transportation said in...

Repair work to Skagway’s state ferry docking facility continues after structural damage was discovered mid-August. A reopening date has not been announced. In the meantime, travelers are using other means to traverse through the remote community, at one of its busiest times of the year. KHNS’ Melinda Munson has more.

Alaska’s congressional delegation heralds millions of dollars in delayed ferry funding.

The money is from ferry grants that were delayed from last year and appropriated from the Biden-era Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021.

Hundreds of millions of dollars for the Alaska Marine Highway System held up for many months by what a Juneau lawmaker called a “federal chaos problem” are now being awarded as the final installment of a five-year allocation in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, officials announced Friday. The $410 million includes $153.4 million to replace […] The post Final state ferry funds from five-year federal infrastructure bill released after long delay appeared first on Chilkat…

The money is from ferry grants that were delayed from last year and appropriated from the Biden-era Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021.

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Workers are taking on a list of repairs to the Skagway ferry terminal under an emergency contract, but it’s not known yet if the facility will be open in time for events such as next month’s Klondike Road Relay, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced Wednesday. The Alaska Marine Highway System dock […] The post DOT provides details of Skagway ferry dock repairs, says reopening date still unknown appeared first on Chilkat Valley News.

The Alaska Marine Highway System announced on Saturday that all state ferry service to Skagway was stopped until “further notice”. The reason? Damage to the docking facility. The news shocked the busy tourist town whose only highway leads to Canada. A timeline for the reopening of the ferry terminal is still unclear as the state […]

The Alaska Department of Transportation cited major structural damage to the state-owned ferry docking facility.