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Residents urge Juneau to limit cruise impacts and assert local control as West Douglas project advances
Summary
At a Juneau community listening session, residents, researchers and neighborhood leaders asked the city to manage cruise tourism at neighborhood scale, seek caps on boat/visitor numbers, and press for public hearings and permit extensions for a West Douglas development under Army Corps review.
Residents and researchers told Juneau City and Borough planners during a community listening session that cruise tourism and proposed waterfront development are outpacing the city’s ability to manage neighborhood impacts.
"Cruise ship impacts need to be managed at the neighborhood scale," said Jim Powell, a research professor at the University of Alaska Southeast and a former assembly member. Powell advised establishing neighborhood-level guidelines, indicators and monitoring tools to assess tourism impacts and suggested a dashboard approach to track issues such as crowding, noise and wildlife interactions.
Multiple speakers expressed concern about a…
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