Alaska's $7.74 billion transportation plan is open for public comment

Alaskans have until 5 pm Oct. 29 to weigh in on the state's four-year plan for federally funded transportation projects — the document that determines which highways, bridges, ferries, transit, trail and safety projects get money through 2030.

The Draft 2027-2030 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, released for public review Sept. 14, counts at least $7.74 billion in planned spending. About $5.63 billion of that would go to highways, bridges and ferries. The draft itself notes the $7.74 billion total is incomplete.

The state's previous plan drew objections over whether its numbers added up. In July 2024, AMATS, Anchorage's regional transportation planning body, told the department that some transit amounts in that plan's financial tables were wrong. The department said the following month that it had reviewed them. Nothing in the record indicates the same problem in this draft.

Comments can be submitted online at dot.alaska.gov/links/pdp or emailed to [email protected]. The department also takes comments by voicemail and text at 1 (855) 925-2801 — use project code 10968 for voicemail and start texts with the word STIP — and by mail to the STIP Team, 550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 295, Anchorage, AK 99501. TTY users can reach Alaska Relay at 711.