Gov. Dunleavy vetoed about 75% of the funding in the budget for the 500-mile Alaska Long Trail. The money remaining will go to Anchorage-area projects.
A runner descends the Crow Pass Trail, part of the Historic Iditarod Trail, a route advocates of the Alaska Long Trail say the trail would take. to the state budget last week included slashing roughly $10.5 million in funding for the Alaska Long Trail project.
Seven of those projects, totaling about $4 million, survived the governor’s vetoes, she said. The funds will go to several Anchorage land managers. In a statement, Dunleavy spokesman Jeff Turner said the governor felt many Alaskans had little information about the project.
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