Moreover, in an agreement I helped negotiate with Sen. A local assemblyman acknowledged in 2010 that the road would help Peter Pan better transport “fresh product.” And the local borough has been clear about its ambition to ship “live crab directly from the Aleutians East Borough ‘hub’ port of Cold Bay to markets in China and other Asian countries.” Today, Peter Pan Seafoods, wholly owned by the Japanese company Maruha Capital Investments Inc., is the largest cannery in King Cove. They say the road is simply needed for emergency medical evacuations.īut despite pledges and promises to the contrary, the real purpose for building the road is the same as it ever was: moving fish and workers to and from King Cove’s canneries. They now claim they have no intention of hauling seafood over the road. The road’s proponents have changed their sales pitch over the last 20 years. And it is a new secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, who has rightly said no. Lisa Murkowski, the daughter of one of the idea’s original champions, who insists the road must be built.
Time has passed, and a few things have changed, but a boondoggle is still a boondoggle. The project would also set a dangerous precedent as the first new road ever authorized through a congressionally protected wilderness area, one of the most stunning estuaries on the planet. taxpayers at more than $75 million, or $79,113 per resident of King Cove. Based on federal and state documents, the Wilderness Society has estimated the total cost of the “road to nowhere” to U.S. My boss at the time, President Clinton, promised to veto the bill for a simple reason: It was a bad idea. The road would connect the salmon canneries in King Cove, population 948, with a larger airport in the neighboring town of Cold Bay to expand and speed shipping.
Frank Murkowski and Ted Stevens wanted to build a 38-mile gravel road in their state, with 11 miles going through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Secretary of the Interior, Alaska’s Sens. Nearly two decades ago, while I was serving as U.S. It has been said that nothing dies harder than a bad idea.
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