A Notice of Intent to Award the Tetlin to Ft. Knox transportation corridor study to Kinney Engineering LLC was announced this week. Kinney Engineering is an Alaska-based corporation with offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Palmer, Juneau and Homer. They offer 23 years of...
In response to the DOT “Alaska/Richardson/Steese Highway Corridor Action Plan” Request For Proposals that closed on September 6, two proposals were received from third-party vendors. The proposals were reviewed by the DOT Evaluation Committee on September...
Kinross has proposed a test case, to use 248 miles of public streets and scenic highways for a gold ore haul from Tetlin to Fort Knox. They initially plan 192 transits daily (>70,000/year) of heavy (80T loaded) doubles, 95’ long, 24/7/365. What risks would this...
The Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) has been awarded a nearly $2.5 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration for compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and vans to replace our current transit buses and vans with more environmentally-friendly vehicles. CNG...
The Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Alaska/Richardson/Steese Highway Corridor Action Plan was issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on August 13, 2022. Bids are due by September 6, 2022, at 4 PM. The estimated amount of the contract is in the...
On August 3, the FNSB Air Pollution Control Commission (APCC) held a public hearing concerning the potential impact of the Kinross Manh Choh mine trucking plan on the air quality in the PM2.5 non-attainment area (see map). Six members of Advocates for Safe Alaska...
