Transportation
RSSAlaska News covers transportation issues including highway maintenance, transit planning, road closures, and infrastructure projects affecting Alaska.
West Tudor Road down a lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching
West Tudor Road near Cambridge Way loses a left lane each way through Sunday for asphalt patching — the latest closure on a road with bigger safety problems.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Mat-Su cut school walking paths from its short-term road list
Mat-Su dropped walking path projects at two elementary schools from its short-term transportation list, replacing them with road reconstruction and paving.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Extending the Coastal Trail north may take a land deal, not an easement
Anchorage wants to extend the Coastal Trail north across Eklutna land. The corporation would rather sell or trade than grant an easement, citing trespassers.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Cordova would get one ferry sailing a month this winter, and none in January
Cordova would get one ferry round trip a month this winter instead of none. January still has no service, and February hangs on how fast a shipyard works.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3w ago2 min read
Anchorage trails plan keeps Muldoon trail but drops JBER from its name
Anchorage kept the Muldoon trail in its revised plan but dropped JBER from the name after the military base cited security concerns during public comment.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Anchorage trails plan adds inland fallback route for stalled Kincaid-to-Potter Marsh trail
Anchorage planners added an inland route option to a stalled coastal trail between Kincaid Park and Potter Marsh, blocked since the 1990s by private land and wildlife refuge concerns.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
A $293 million plan would rebuild and narrow Anchorage's downtown couplet
A $293 million rebuild of Fifth and Sixth avenues would narrow the couplet that funnels traffic through downtown Anchorage. No one commented at the meeting.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Right lane closes on E Tudor Road eastbound Monday for drainage work
The westbound Tudor lane closed since July reopens Monday. Savor it. A bigger dig near Lake Otis starts Sept. 12 and closes lanes in all directions.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's first boat is getting a refit
The Inter-Island Ferry Authority's original boat, the MV Prince of Wales, is getting a $658,041 refit. It has been the backup since the Stikine took over.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Federal grant of $545,820 funds Geist Road and Chena Pump Road corridor study
Fairbanks will study Geist Road and Chena Pump Road with a $545,820 federal grant to identify safety improvements on a corridor flagged for high crash rates and pedestrian-bicycle conflicts.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
A vehicle fire shut a Richardson Highway lane Thursday morning
A burning vehicle shut a lane of the Richardson Highway near mile 349 Thursday morning, drawing police and ambulance crews inside an active work zone.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A $1.5 billion Seward Highway rebuild goes to public comment Sept. 22
The state wants to rebuild 20 miles of the Seward Highway as a four-lane divided road for more than $1.5 billion. Public comment opens Sept. 22.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
State begins emergency repairs at Skagway ferry terminal with no reopening date
Skagway still has no state ferry service and no reopening date as crews race emergency repairs on its cracked ferry terminal, with chain work set this weekend.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
A crash closed a lane of the Seward Highway on Wednesday afternoon
A crash closed a southbound lane of the Seward Highway at Mile 24.5 on Wednesday afternoon. Law enforcement directed traffic, and no injuries were reported.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
State moves to sell a second contractor gravel from one Dalton Highway pit
Alaska is preparing to sell Cruz Construction 7,500 cubic yards of gravel from a Dalton Highway pit it offered another company in July.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Bethel commission recommends $2 taxi fare increase, with $1 elder discount
Bethel's Public Safety and Transportation Commission voted unanimously to raise taxi fares by $2 per trip, with a $1 discount for elders, but the City Council has not yet acted on the recommendation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A proposed rule would presume national forest roads and trails are open unless the Forest Service documents a reason to close them
A proposed rule would presume national forest roads and trails, including in Alaska, are open unless the Forest Service documents a reason to close them.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
The state is studying a walking path between Naknek and King Salmon
People walk the highway between Naknek and King Salmon with no separated path. The state has started studies on a $6.87 million pathway between the towns.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Two transit funding deadlines are open for Alaska providers this fall
Alaska transit providers have until Sept. 18 to signal intent for state human services transportation grants. A separate federal program closes Oct. 19.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The feds are tightening subsidies for flights to small towns, but Alaska is exempt by name
The feds are tightening flight subsidies for small towns everywhere but Alaska, which Congress exempted by name because the flights there are lifelines.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska ferry system awarded more than $410 million in federal funding
Alaska's ferry system is getting more than $410 million in federal money, both to keep the boats running and to build a new vessel and upgrade terminals.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage may move a national bike route off its highways and onto the coastal trails
Anchorage may reroute a national bike route off its highways onto the Coastal and Ship Creek trails, part of a push to move cyclists onto lower-stress paths.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Three years and three permits later, Ketchikan's airport ferry still has no backup berths
Ketchikan's airport ferry docks at one set of berths with no backup. Three years and three federal permits later, the state hasn't driven a pile.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Skagway's ferry terminal is closed indefinitely for work the state planned as a one-week job
Skagway's ferry terminal is closed indefinitely for emergency anchor-chain repairs. A February notice had planned the same work as a one-week closure.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A routine Anchorage roads vote this week would also fund cameras at 82 more intersections
A routine Anchorage roads-money vote this week also quietly funds 82 more intersection cameras, in the middle of a public fight over police surveillance.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago4 min read
Judge vacates Izembek land exchange for King Cove road
A federal judge vacated the land exchange behind the King Cove road through the Izembek refuge, reopening one of Alaska's longest fights on primary day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
DOT says cameras don't read plates; vendor policy allows video storage
Alaska says new cameras in Palmer, Wasilla and Anchorage count people and cars, not plates — but the vendor's policy sets no limit on storing video.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's trail grants reopen, with up to $100,000 on the table
Alaska's multi-use trail grants reopen Wednesday — up to $100,000 at a 90% federal match, open to trail groups, tribes and local governments through Oct. 30.
by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read
Ketchikan's long rebuild of the road toward Saxman inches ahead, with a waterside path and a tangle over land
Ketchikan's rebuild of the highway toward Saxman, adding a waterside path for walkers and bikers, drew more federal money as cost estimates keep swinging.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage shifts $3.46 million from Denali Street to a Fairview pedestrian boulevard
Anchorage dropped a Denali Street walking project and moved $3.46 million to Fairview, where Hyder Street would become a pedestrian boulevard.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
A Seward Highway rebuild that doubled to $1.4 billion is back on Anchorage's plan, over objections
A Seward Highway rebuild that doubled to $1.4 billion is back on Anchorage's plan on a 3-2 vote, over objections about cost, priority and public input.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage airport would let CLEAR sell a faster security line
Anchorage's airport wants to let a private company sell a faster spot in the security line. Objections are due on a Sunday, when the office is closed.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The state wants $293M to rebuild 5th and 6th, but the funding isn't settled
The state wants Anchorage to program $293 million to rebuild 5th and 6th avenues downtown, but where the money comes from is unsettled.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Skagway ferry port closed indefinitely; state gives no repair timeline
Skagway's ferry dock is broken and the port is closed indefinitely. The state's entire public explanation fits in one undated website alert.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Hoonah and Ketchikan dock projects renew marine mammal permits without breaking ground
Two Southeast dock projects keep renewing federal permits to make noise underwater. The permits keep expiring. The water remains undisturbed.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Trucks keep hitting the Tudor Road overpass. The rebuild is years out
Federal Highway Administration added $912,130 to rebuild the Seward Highway and Tudor Road interchange, one of Anchorage's busiest, with construction now targeted for 2029 or 2030.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Crews dug out Alaska's remote seasonal highways for summer, meeting in the middle of the Denali
Alaska cleared its remote seasonal highways for summer, with crews meeting in the middle of the 135-mile Denali Highway. A $1.25M federal grant paid for it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Old Chena Ridge Road closed for duration of roundabout construction
Road is closed, but only temporarily. One day.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A $1.8M grant to plan safer paths near Cantwell, with two catches
A $1.8 million grant will plan biking and walking paths on a dangerous Parks Highway stretch near Cantwell — but who runs it, and who'd plow them, is unclear.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Thursday's lane closure at mile 89 on the Richardson Highway is off Alaska 511's list
Richardson Highway Lane Closed
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
