Transportation
Ferry maintenance funds short The 56-year-old state ferry Malaspina goes into indefinite layup in Ketchikan on Jan. 10, after completing its last revenue run Dec. 10. The vessel was due for a major overhaul but costs for that rose to $16 million. Higher-than-expected maintenance on two smaller state ferries, the Aurora and LeConte, have also outstripped the money budgeted, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reported, resulting in those vessels being pulled from a schedule of limited winter service…