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Residents urge Sitka to pave Price Street, cite dust health risks and business impacts
Summary
Residents and local contractors told the Sitka assembly that the gravel portion of Price Street serves dozens of commercial and residential properties, produces dust that local speakers called a health hazard, and asked the city to prioritize paving or offer alternatives.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Jan. 9 Sitka City and Borough Assembly meeting to press for paving of the gravel portion of Price Street and to raise related safety and infrastructure concerns.
“From where the blacktop currently ends on Price Street, there's approximately 24.4 acres of privately owned properties served by this gravel road,” resident Jeremy Twaddle told the assembly. He said the area contains “53 commercial Price Street” lots with a mix of commercial and residential uses and about “98 residential dwelling units consisting of manufactured homes, apartments, single family, and multifamily dwellings.”
Twaddle said frequent grading to maintain the…
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