[Opinion] Juneau Assembly Explores Borough-Wide Funding for Flood Protection

Juneau Assembly explores borough-wide funding for flood protection

City manager Katie Koester provided an update on long-term funding considerations

Juneau might vote on a glacial outburst flood tax next year

A Juneau Assembly focus group presented their opinion to the wider Assembly Monday night that funding a long-term solution should be a borough-wide effort.

Juneau races to find ‘lasting solution’ to annual glacial floods

Every summer for the past 15 years, a glacial lake in the mountains outside of Juneau has burst through the ice dam that holds it back. At first, the floods downstream on the Mendenhall River were barely noticeable. Then, something changed.