Ketchikan has long sought an alternative to the ferry system that connects the city to its airport on nearby Gravina Island.
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Shannon McCarthy, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT & PF), said this has been going on for more than four seasons.
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The construction of the new ferry terminal has received $28.5M in funds while the ferry system itself remains underfunded.
The schedule looks a lot like recent years, with six of the state’s nine vessels sailing. There is not enough funding or staffing to run them all, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The MV Tustumena is scheduled to make five chain runs between June and September, roughly the same schedule since the start/onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when sailings were cut in half.