While the Alaska Railroad is important to the State of Alaska, the 1982 Alaska Railroad Transfer Act should not be used:

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• to change existing private property rights,

• to potentially exclude use of public lands, or

• to increase utility costs. 

 

In declaring the Alaska Railroad Track Easement to be an "exclusive use" easement, the Department of the Interior administered the 1982 transfer in a way that negatively affects Alaskans.