The state of Alaska is pressing forward with a controversial plan to build a ferry terminal it says will streamline service in the Upper Lynn canal.

But communities in the area that depend on the ferry system aren’t on board. They say they need more information about the project, known as Cascade Point, and are concerned the new terminal could make getting to and from Juneau even more complicated than it already is.

“I think we’re all looking for the same thing, which is some definitive answers before we start on construction of this,” Haines Borough Mayor Tom Morphet said during an assembly meeting in July.

The state Department of Transportation signed a $28.5 million dollar contract last week that kickstarts a plan to build a new ferry terminal about halfway between Juneau and Haines,

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