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DOT says Ott Malloy rebuild faces $2.4M shortfall; borough urged to consider Mallard alternate or add local funding
Summary
State Department of Transportation officials told the borough assembly the Ott Malloy road project is roughly $2.4 million over current construction funding; DOT proposed narrowing a multiuse path, treating Mallard segment as an additive alternate and seeking additional state/federal funds or local match.
State transportation staff told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on March 27 that the long‑planned Ott Malloy corridor reconstruction is facing a funding shortfall and that design changes or additional local funding would be needed to deliver sidewalks and the full project scope.
Kirk Miller, a project manager with the Alaska Department of Transportation (South Coast Region), outlined the project history, the current budget and proposed scope changes intended to reduce cost. He said original state legislative funding in 2005 and a 2021 memorandum of agreement with the borough increased the project budget over time, but rising construction estimates have left the project about $2.4 million over the currently available construction funding.
“We're about $2,400,000 over the current budget,” Miller said. He described an approximate construction…
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