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Marine Highway reform bill passes State House

KINY Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - HB63, The bill that aims to transition the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board into an Operations Board and also provides a transportation plan for the system, passed the House floor Wednesday. The bill s sponsor, Sitka Representative Jonathan Kriess Tompkins, said it takes a step forward, in terms of trying to reform the system and get it on a better path. I think everybody regardless if you are from coastal Alaska or anywhere else can agree that we want a more efficient and effective system and I think almost everybody agrees we are not there right now.

Dunleavy proposes changes to oversight of state ferry system

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a new bill to rework the oversight process of the Alaska Marine Highway System.  The bill calls for the creation of the Alaska Marine Highway System Operation and Planning Board, and the dissolving of the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board.  The latter — which included industry experts, former captains, Kodiak Rep. Louise Stutes and others — worked for months on a series of recommendations for the state government. Dunleavy had convened that group as well.  This new group would be tasked with building and updating a short-term plan every year and a more comprehensive long-term plan every three years. Those plans would then be turned over to the governor’s office. 

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