The Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is recommending the controversial Alaska Highway reconstruction project in the Whitehorse airport area be allowed to go ahead with no substantial changes. That means a tunnel under the Alaska Highway for pedestrians and cyclists that some people had called for will likely not be constructed. Longtime Hillcrest neighbourhood resident Jim Gilpin says he hopes the Yukon government will reconsider some of its Alaska Highway reconstruction plans. (Dave Croft/CBC News )Longtime Hillcrest neighbourhood resident Jim Gilpin is still hoping officials will reconsider the plans. A public meeting regarding upgrades to the Alaska Highway was held at the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse in November.

Source: CBC News May 08, 2020 12:56 UTC