The ferry boondoggle was one I actively testified against.  It was based on a century-old assertion that you needed a ferry before you could build a bridge.  The traffic loads on the Glenn Hiway and land shortages in Anchorage were the appropriate types of justifications.  The ferry was a way for that Assembly to avoid committing to the bridge.  By the way, this is not an advocacy for a bridge, but an explanation of why the less-well-informed members of those on the Assembly, who forced it through, went forward with the plan.  Regardless of the Navy's explaining to them that the ferry couldn't handle enough traffic to be viable.