Capital Budget Signals Step Forward for Kenai Peninsula Projects

The Kenai Peninsula received over $80 million for capital projects from the budgets signed by Gov. Sean Parnell yesterday.

 

Borough Mayor Mike Navarre said they are very happy with the budget.

 

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Navarre: “I think that’s in part because we worked well with the legislature this year all of our projects were part of either our priority booklet we send down there or if we had things that we put in after that they were well documented and I think that we had great help from our legislators in order to help support those and we want to thank them of course and there’ll be some projects all across the peninsula from Seward to Homer.” 

 

The Kenai Peninsula Borough got $4 million for road projects.

 

Now that the Governor has signed the bill, Navarre said they hope to get the projects started soon.

 

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Navarre: “Now that the Governor’s signed it the next step in the process is that we have to write ordinances accepting and appropriating those funds and we’ve already begun the process of getting those in place so that we can get those turned around and the funding will be available July 1, and we can get started on some of those projects or finish some of those projects fairly quickly.” 

 

Here are the highlights of the Kenai Peninsula’s capital projects:

 

Education

Soldotna – Regional Sports Complex Roof Replacement                        $1.2 million

AVTEC – Heavy Equipment Shop/Diesel Shop/Pipe Welding – Phase 2      $6 million

 

Infrastructure

Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project                                                $20 million

Chinook Initiative                                                                           $7.5 million

Kenai – Kenai River South Beach Dip Net Access                                 $1.9 million

Kenai – New City Light/Heavy Equipment Storage Building                     $1.9 million

Kenai Peninsula Borough – Road Projects                                           $4 million

Lower Kenai River Park Facility and Access Improvements –                 $1 million

Phase 1 of 2

Public Access and User Facilities Improvements at the Mouth of the        $1.4 million

Kasilof River Phase 2                                                           

Seward – Airport Improvements                                                       $17 million

Seward – Dredge/Dispose of Sludge Accumulating at Lowell Point           $1.3 million

Sewage Lagoon                                                      

Seward – Marine Expansion Including Breakwater                                $5.9 million

Homer – Ferry Terminal Improvements                                             $1.5 million

Homer Society of Natural History dba Pratt Museum –                         $900,000

Homer – Waddell Way Road Improvement                                          $1.4 million

Soldotna – Kalifornsky Beach Road: Milepost 16 to 22.2 – Paving            $6 million

Rehabilitation and Signalization                                               

Williamsport to Pile Bay Road                                                           $3.5 million

Stetson Creek Diversion Cooper Lake Dam Facilities Project                  $3.45 million

New Museum Building Construction                                                

 

Public Health and Safety

Kenai Peninsula Borough – Central Peninsula Landfill Equipment              $708,000

Maintenance Building                                                    

Kenai – Wildwood Correctional Center Deferred Maintenance                 $1.05 million

Alaska SeaLife Center – Veterinary and Emergency Oil Spill Response     $450,000

Equipment