Assembly members, already skeptical or outright opposed, are again balking at increasing costs, the rushed timeline and the lack of information from the Bronson administration about the project.
Construction is underway on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 for the East Anchorage homeless navigation center and shelter, adjacent to the former Anchorage Police Department headquarters near the intersection of Tudor Road and Elmore Road.
“We have got diddly squat from the administration, and we can’t possibly be expected to make millions of dollars worth of investment without having answers to these questions. Our legislative process doesn’t work that way. The public process doesn’t work that way,” said Assembly member Felix Rivera, also chair of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness.
Construction is underway for the East Anchorage homeless navigation center and shelter next to the old Anchorage Police Department headquarters at Tudor and Elmore Roads. Photographed on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. But the mayor has long said he would not use the Golden Lion for that purpose — it was an issue he campaigned on when running for office, and he told supporters he would sell the building. Last week, Bronson announced he is not considering a treatment facility in the building because a planned $100 million state transportation project at the Seward Highway and 36th Avenue, which is not yet funded, would impact the property has a “high likelihood” of a “total take of the property.
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