Senators Murkowski, Sullivan announce millions in funding for climate resiliency in Alaska [Video]

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – The City of North Pole is expected to receive around $750,000 in federal funding as part of an effort to improve resiliency to climate events around the state, under the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Funds are part of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, through a program called Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation, or PROJECT.

Coastal areas including Bristol Bay, Koyuk, Hooper Bay and Unalaska are looking to receive millions as part of the same effort, bringing the total for the 49th state to over $50 million.

In the Interior, the grant funding is going to the City of North Pole Alaska Drainage Improvement Project.

Announcing the funding in a press release, Senator Lisa Murkowski said “Rural Alaska’s communities are on the front-line of climate change, facing devastating impacts from extreme weather events. We need to make our communities more resilient to …