by Dermot Cole, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS — Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens says the AGIA pipeline plan has flopped and the state should put up billions to pay half the cost of an in-state natural gas pipeline project to Kenai.

It also should switch its support to the building of a trans-Alaska pipeline to Valdez that would export liquefied natural gas to Pacific Rim nations, Stevens told Anchorage businessmen during a Commonwealth North meeting Friday.

“Let’s move ahead. We don’t need any more open seasons; we don’t need any more periods for analysis. We need an emphasis on getting the job done,” Stevens said.

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