U.S. Senate – Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski
Press Office
March 3rd, 2024
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Senate Appropriation Committee and Ranking Member of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, announced investments for Sitka on the six-bill Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package. The bill passed the Senate in a bipartisan 78-22 vote.
“After months of unnecessary delay, Congress has finally taken a big step by passing six of our 12 appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024 on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis. Considering the vast size of our state and limited infrastructure, the significant investments I have included in these measures are well-justified and much-needed,” Murkowski said. “From programmatic wins to congressionally directed spending projects, the funding I have secured is the direct result of working together with Alaskans from across the state to address the needs of their communities. This package invests in our military while enabling us respond to workforce shortages, food insecurity, clean drinking water needs, the housing crunch, the high cost of energy, crises in our fisheries, and more.”
“The effects of the housing shortage have been seen across the state, but nowhere are the impacts felt more acutely than in Sitka. Securing over $2 million for the Sitka Community Development Corporation to build a new apartment complex will offer new home ownership opportunities for first time buyers, with the Trust’s model of ownership preserving that affordability permanently. Thanks to the partnership of the city and the borough, we are looking at a new neighborhood of fourteen homes plus apartment units.”
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