text: $300-400k/mile... (not incl. everything. 
  Will see NO upgrades (and probably no upkeep neither). 
  And will probably see a handful of travelers. 
  
  It's this "nickel and dime" mentality Alaska politicians have. A notch on their belt of some mundane accomplishment. Stop seeing Alaska as some state in the industrial age for you to add your name to some book of accomplishments. 
  Someone should hand the state's accounting books to feds, that'll stir some feathers and empty offices. (If the state chose to even follow standard accounting practices; which they don't)