text: Mike McQueen - Exactly. Add to it that this road will be built through a highly active avalanche zone and we'll spend millions of dollars a year trying to keep it open. And, that is not picked up by the feds in any way.
  
  Then also to remember that this doesn't actually go Haines or Skagway, but to another ferry terminal that still is needed to actually reach the road system.
  
  I understand that Juneauites feel trapped by their virtual island experience, but this road will essentially be a placebo, something for them take to Sunday drives on. That's a silly reason to build a road anyway, but in these challenging fiscal times, it's downright ridiculous.