00078278 Request Public Comment Parks Highway/Sheep Creek Road Extension Traffic

00078278

Request Public

Comment

Parks Highway/Sheep Creek Road Extension Traffic Signal (HSIP)

NFHWY00898/

0A45(032)

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is proposing to install a new traffic signal at the intersection of the Parks Highway and Sheep Creek Extension to improve safety. This project is funded with the Highway Safety Improvement Program funds.

The traffic signal will always remain green for Parks Highway traffic coming from Ester heading to Fairbanks. The opposite traffic (from Fairbanks toward Ester) will need to stop on red when a left green arrow is active for either left turn.

Similarly to the intersection on the Mitchell Expressway, active advanced warning flasher signal (“Prepare to Stop”) is planned to indicate when the approaching traffic will need to stop.

Furthermore, there is an existing separated bike/pedestrian path that crosses the Sheep Creek Extension. As part of this project the DOT&PF is proposing to upgrade this crossing to a signalized crosswalk.

Material sources for the project will be contractor furnished.

To find out more about the project, please visit our website at https://dot.alaska.gov/nreg/parksandsheepcreek/

We are currently working on preliminary design, engineering, and environmental reviews. Construction of this project is planned for the summer of 2026.

The project is being developed in accordance with the following Executive Orders (EO): EO 11988 (Floodplain Management); EO 11990 (Wetlands Protection); EO 12898 (Environmental Justice); EO 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment) and EO 13112 (Invasive Species).

Please provide comments on this project or request additional information by October 31, 2024 to:

Ivet Hall, P.E.,

Engineering Manager

Department of

Transportation &

Public Facilities

2301 Peger Road,

Fairbanks, AK 99709

Phone: (907) 451-5386

E-mail: ivet.hall@alaska.gov

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by the DOT&PF pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated April 13, 2023, and executed by the Federal Highway Administration and DOT&PF.

It is the policy of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) that no one shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, regardless of the funding source, including Federal Transit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and State of Alaska fund. To communicate by text telephone, dial TTY 711 or 1-800-770-8973. Full Title VI Nondiscrimination Policy: dot.alaska.gov/

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