Here's a fact for you Herschel. The Seward Highway, Richardson Highway near Valdez and Thane Rd in Juneau are all rated as "more dangerous" due to potential avalanche activity than the proposed road north of Juneau.

Using your arguments, we should close the Seward and Richardson and require residents south of Anchorage to use ferry service to get to Anchorage and Prince William Sound residents will be required to ferry all the way around the Kenai Peninsula just to get to Anchorage.