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Outline • Purpose and Need • Key Project Features • Right of Way Acquisition • Questions Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Focus on 3 Valley Projects • Parks Highway, MP 44-52, Phase 3, Pittman Road to Big Lake Road • Glenn Highway, MP 34-42, Glenn-Parks Interchange to Arctic Avenue • Knik-Goose Bay Road, MP 0.3 to 6.8, Centaur Avenue to Vine Road Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Common Purpose and Need • Purpose : All three project corridors are National Highway System (NHS) routes whose primary function is moving goods and services with limited, safe, access. Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Common Purpose and Need • Need : ― All three projects address the safety problems caused by uncontrolled access, while reducing congestion, and increasing travel efficiency. ― Knik-Goose Bay and Parks Highway have high crash rates and are designated safety corridors. Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Project Description: Parks Highw ay Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect 2/8/2017

Key Project Features: Parks Highw ay • 4-lane divided highway • Partial controlled access • No change in design speed • Median openings on ½ mile spacing • Frontage roads where feasible and to enhance access for adjacent residents/businesses • Separate multi-use pathway, Wasilla to Big Lake Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Design: Parks Highw ay Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Project Schedule: Parks Highw ay • 2010 to 2013  Preliminary Design • 2013-2017  Final design and right-of-way acquisition • 2018  Construction begins • ( Depending on availability of funding .) Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Project Description: Glenn Highw ay Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect 2/8/2017

Key Project Features: Glenn Highw ay • 4-lane divided highway • Partial controlled access • No change in design speed • Median openings on ½ mile spacing • Frontage roads where feasible and to enhance access for adjacent residents/businesses • Separate multi-use pathway, Palmer to Matanuska State Park Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Design: Glenn Highw ay Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Project Schedule: Glenn Highw ay • 2013-2015  Environmental document completed • 2015-2018  Design and right-of-way acquisition • 2019  Earliest phased Construction could begins • ( Depending on availability of funding .) Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Project Description: KGB Road Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect 2/8/2017

Key Project Features: KGB Road • 4-lane divided highway • No change in design speed • Frontage roads where feasible and to enhance access for adjacent residents/businesses • Separate multi-use pathway on north side Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Design: KGB Road T ypic al Se c tions: VINE RO AD T O MA C K RO AD FO UR- L ANE RURAL SEC T IO N: DEPRESSED G RASS MEDIAN & SEPARAT ED MUL T I- USE PAT HWAY MAC K RO A D T O C ENT AUR AVENUE FO UR- L ANE URBAN SEC T IO N: RAISED MEDIAN & SEPARAT ED MUL T I- USE PAT HWAY Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Project Schedule: KGB • 2015  Environmental Document Completed • 2016 – 2018  Design and Right-of-Way Acquisition • 2019  Construction ( Depending on availability of funding .) Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

Right-of-Way Acquisition • General steps  Fair market appraisal  Offer to property owner  Relocation assistance  Closing and payment

Right-of-Way Acquisition • Using consultant teams in Parks and Glenn projects • Challenges  Relocation locations for businesses  Relocation locations for residents  General public understanding of acquisition process  Eminent domain use

For more information: • Parks Highway, MP 44-52  http://www.parkshighway44-52.info • Glenn Highway, MP 34-52  http://brooks-alaska.com/glennhighway/ • Knik-Goose Bay  http://dot.alaska.gov/creg/kgb_cv/index.shtml# Integrity ∙ Excellence ∙ Respect

ROW Information/Resources http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwddes/dcsrow/downloads.shtml

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