On November 3, 2022, Citizens for Clean Air (CCA) met and after a presentation from Barbara Schumann of Advocates for Safe Alaska Highways, voted unanimously to join the effort to protect the Fairbanks North Star Borough Serious Air Quality non-attainment area from...
The following is reprinted with permission of the author, Mr. David Cornberg. When representatives of AKDOT and Kinross presented the Manh Choh ore haul proposal at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, the sole justification was that the proposal was legal. No one from AKDOT...
The first official meeting of the Alaska Department of Transportation (AKDOT) Corridor Study advisory committee and newly-selected consultant Kinney Engineering will be held on October 31 from 1-3 PM at the FAST Planning offices in Fairbanks. This meeting is open to...
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...
