Port of Anchorage name change proposed

KTUU News
By Dan Carpenter

Anchorage (KTUU) An Anchorage Assembly member is seeking to change the name of the Port of Anchorage to the Port of Alaska. Assembly Chair Dick Traini says his motivation for introducing the ordnance next week is to secure funding to make necessary repairs.

“The port of Anchorage is already the port of Alaska,” said Traini, referencing data provided by the port which says the goods that cross its dock service 85% of the state population.

Inspections of the nearly 60 year old port by engineers have found it’s at risk of falling into Cook Inlet . Port Director Steve Ribuffo says the total repair cost could reach $700,000,000.

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