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    "deck": "Anchorage has more than two dozen buildable lots frozen by infrastructure costs, and the Assembly wants $30 million from the state to unlock them.",
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    "body_md": "Anchorage has more than two dozen buildable lots frozen across the city, including Powder Ridge, the former Regal Totem site, a former Carrs-Safeway on Gambell Street and a Midtown parcel known as the Archive. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously on March 26 to ask the Alaska Legislature for $30 million to pay for the infrastructure needed to open those sites to housing.\n\nThe sites need sewer line extensions, road upgrades and street lighting before construction can begin. Alaska law prevents utilities from funding that work for future customers, so developers must cover the full cost themselves, a burden that makes affordable and middle-income housing projects financially unworkable on land that is otherwise ready to build.\n\nOil prices have risen amid global conflict, and Alaska could see close to a billion dollars in unexpected revenue this year. The Assembly views the request as a one-time opportunity to unlock housing development for decades to come.\n\nIf the state approves the funding, Anchorage can begin building on the frozen sites.",
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    "summary": "Anchorage has more than two dozen buildable lots, including Powder Ridge, the former Regal Totem site, a former Carrs-Safeway on Gambell Street and the Archive in Midtown, frozen by infrastructure costs. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously March 26, 2026 to ask the Alaska Legislature for $30 million to fix it.",
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      "The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously on March 26 to request $30 million from the state.",
      "Alaska law bars utilities from funding infrastructure for future customers, putting the cost on developers.",
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        "a": "They're stuck waiting for sewer lines, road upgrades and street lighting. Alaska law won't let utilities pick up that tab, so developers have to pay the whole cost.",
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        "a": "More than two dozen lots across town, including Powder Ridge, the old Regal Totem site, a former Carrs-Safeway on Gambell Street, and the Archive in Midtown.",
        "q": "What sites are frozen by infrastructure costs?"
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        "q": "What happens if the state gives Anchorage the $30 million?"
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