It`s just a tool we need to finish.  And how would the resource product from up north, say mine concentrate bound for Korea, be cheaper if it could get on a boat in Anchorage instead of being hauled to Seward over the snowy mountains irregularly, and far more costly, than say a ship at Pt Mack?  The state has a duty to put in infrastructure that opens doors. This spur and the new port are those types of key infrastructure that will spread our tax base away from oil.  They certainly deserve to be finished and made available for planning development between Anchorage and the hub in Fairbanks-north to where the minerals..and gas and oil.. are.  It`s not the best dock in the world over there I agree, but if it was unsafe it wouldn`t be usable or authorized in the first place. Ships work the tides. Look how congested Anchorage is already!!  It`s time we invested in ourselves again, rather that give it all away in billion dollar chunks to the oil cartel. My two cent opinion..