Journal of Commerce by Elwood Brehmer.  

Three of the state’s mega projects are back in business, at least temporarily, after Gov. Bill Walker’s administration partially lifted an administrative order halting spending on the development work.

State officials overseeing the Knik Arm bridge, the Susitna-Watana dam and the Juneau access road all got the go-ahead to continue work with existing funding in memos sent out by Office of Management and Budget Director Pat Pitney July 6.

Each of the memos notes that once authorized work is completed and immediate goals are met the projects will be evaluated in the context of the state fiscal environment and competing major capital projects at that time.

On Dec. 26 of last year Walker issued Administrative Order 271, which stopped spending on six projects in its tracks: the Knik Arm bridge; the Susitna-Watana dam; the Juneau access road; the Alaska Stand-Alone Pipeline, or ASAP, natural gas project; the Kodiak Launch Facility expansion; and the Ambler Mining District industrial access road.   More….