Safer Seward Highway Project would severely harm the Turnagain Arm Trail

By: Bill Sherwonit

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 16, 2026

Words: 976

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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The state’s proposal for a highway safety project southeast of Anchorage threatens one of the region’s premier and irreplaceable trails.

For those unfamiliar with the project, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities wants to build a 20-mile-long, four-lane highway from Rabbit Creek to Bird Flats, to purportedly make the highway safer.

What especially concerns me is that this controversial project would do great damage to a highly valued part of Chugach …

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