The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will be holding a series of open houses and public meetings in selected communities in Southeast to review and take comments on the draft Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan (SATP).
The draft plan, a component of the Alaska Long Range Transportation Plan, will provide direction for transportation improvements in the region through 2035.
The draft plan recommends retiring up to three mainline ferries depending on funding and travel demand. The Malaspina, the Taku and the Matanuska ferries will need to be retired or replaced by 2024, the plan states.
The plan also includes the construction of a road from Kake to Petersburg and a Wrangell Narrows ferry.
There will be a meeting in the Petersburg assembly chambers on Aug. 13 to discuss a low-volume road that is planned for construction linking the town with Kake. A hearing in Kake will follow on Aug. 25. Both meetings will have an open house between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., followed by the public hearing.
As ferry traffic through the Wrangell Narrows will not be impacted by the changes being considered, an open house and hearing was not scheduled in Wrangell. Residents can view the draft SATP online at http://www.alaska.dot.alaska.gov/satp
Comments can be submitted digitally at dot.satp@alaska.gov, or by post: ADOT&PF - Southeast Region Planning, P.O. Box 112506, Juneau AK 99811-2506.
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