Alaska Ferry System Faces $78M Budget Hole After Trump Administration Delays Federal Grant

Alaska's ferry system could run out of funding this summer due to 'federal chaos problem'

Cars drive aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard on June 25, 2023, in Haines. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal government to issue a key annual grant. “Currently right now, we have a shortfall in our budget,” said Dom Pannone, director of program administration and management for the Alaska Department of Transportation …

Alaska’s ferry system could run out of funding this summer due to ‘federal chaos problem’

Cars drive aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard on June 25, 2023, in Haines. (Photo by James Brooks)Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal government to issue a key annual grant. “Currently right now, we have a shortfall in our budget,” said Dom Pannone, director of program administration and management for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Pu…

Alaska ferry system faces $78M budget hole after Trump administration delays federal grant

The state planned on covering nearly half of this year’s marine highway operating costs from a federal grant that never materialized.