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Port Planning: Anchorage

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Anchorage Mayor Selects Port Concept Plan

Mayor Dan Sullivan and executive members of the Anchorage Port Modernization Project (APMP) team presented the concept plan for the Port of Anchorage (POA) to the Anchorage Assembly on November 21.

Following a week-long concept planning charrette in August (Advisory, September 2, 2014), the POA stakeholder group identified three concepts that meet the requirements of technical experts and port users.

In early November, the APMP Concept Evaluation Committee selected the most suitable option and recommended the path forward to Mayor Sullivan

More than 50 individuals representing port users and vessel operators, technical and subject matter experts, and POA and Municipality of Anchorage leadership participated in this effort, which also included a program management consultant team.

"This port infrastructure is critical to the state. Uniquely, there is no other port in Alaska more capable, centrally located or affordable for shippers and consumers," said Mayor Sullivan. "Alaska needs to invest in modernizing this port to ensure dependable cargo service for South Central Alaska and beyond for upwards of 75 years."

"We appreciated the frank and open discussions held between the port staff and all the users that culminated in arriving at a concept that is acceptable to all. Collectively seeing the value in this new plan is vitally important to success moving forward," said Port Director Steve Ribuffo.
 

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