May 28, 2014
An Alaska federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to a $272 million railroad extension project, siding with two U.S. environmental agencies in finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers adequately explained differences in its evaluation of wetlands in relation to the project.
March 05, 2014
An Alaska federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did weigh the environmental impact of a $272 million railway extension project, but may have erred in adopting a possibly flawed wetland report provided by Alaska Railroad Corp.
February 12, 2013
An Alaska federal judge on Monday refused to halt construction on a $272 million railway extension project that has been challenged by environmental groups who say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally authorized harmful dumping into surrounding wetlands.
October 09, 2012
The Sierra Club and two other groups lodged a suit in Alaska federal court on Friday alleging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally authorized the discharge of 1.6 million cubic yards of fill material into area waters to accommodate a $272 million railway extension project.