Governor Walker who had taken a strong stance on halting megaprojects has begun to quietly soften his stand.

“In June, when he vetoed half the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend and cut various state departments, Walker finally ended the Knik Arm crossing project and the Susitna-Watana dam. Part of the message of that event was that he would cut deeply before he would take dividend checks.

But Walker didn’t mention the last two megaprojects, the Ambler road and the Juneau Access project. Now he is seriously considering building the Juneau road.” Read the full article by Charles Wohlforth here: Walker going soft on megaprojects as Juneau road shows signs of life