DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT ANDSTATEMENT OF REASONS ON 2025 AMBLER ROAD APPEAL
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Read the full order →- → The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) asked to build a road called the Ambler Road Project, and this request is approved after careful consideration.
- → The decision was made following rules in a law called the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which guides how land in Alaska is used and protected.
- → All federal agencies involved are told to quickly give the necessary permissions to help build the Ambler Road Project.
- → Details about how these permissions should be given are explained in a document called the Statement of Reasons, which supports this decision.
- → This approval aims to support transportation development in Alaska while following legal guidelines to balance progress and conservation.
I approve the appeal made by the applicant Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) on June 6, 2025, under section 1106(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and approve AIDEA’s 2016 revised consolidated application for a transportation system known as the Ambler Road Project for the reasons explained in the following Statement of Reasons. In making my decision, I have considered all relevant information as necessary and appropriate in accordance with section 1106(a)(2) of the ANILCA.
Accordingly, I direct each Federal agency concerned to promptly issue such authorizations as are necessary with respect to the establishment of the Ambler Road Project. The details of the manner in which these authorizations must be issued are addressed in the Statement of Reasons.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Dated: October 6, 2025