The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities will hold public meetings this week in Tok, Fairbanks and Delta Junction to present the “Alaska-Richardson-Steese Corridor Action Plan (ARS CAP).” All meetings start at 5:30 pm. After a short presentation,...
RESOLUTION NO. 2024 – 13, a resolution denying the Alaska DOT&PF’s request for local planning authority approval of the Chena Flood Control Bridge Replacement Project (HP2024-003) will be on the agenda at the April 25th Borough Assembly Meeting. On...
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (AKDOT&PF) will hold public meetings to discuss the draft of the “Alaska Richardson Steese Highways Corridor Action Plan” (ARS CAP). The ARS CAP is the culmination of over a year of work by...
The Alaska Richardson Steese Highways Corridor Action Plan (ARS CAP) is now available for public review and comment. You can find it here. The ARS CAP was commissioned by the Alaska Department of Transportation (at the request of Advocates for Safe Alaska Highways,...
A HUGE Thank You to everyone who provided oral and written testimony on March 26 regarding DOT’s request for approval of the replacement of the Chena Flood Plain bridges. A recording of the meeting can be found here. The request was denied 6-3 by the FNSB...
A very knowledgeable Canadian trucker speaks out in this video about the dangers of Long Combination Vehicles on public highways. Kinross is using 95-foot long vehicles to haul ore on our public highways. All of the safety issues described in this video apply to these...
Senate Bill 218, the bill that aims to establish a vehicle weight limit on Alaska roads, is set to be heard by the Senate Transportation Committee Thursday, March 14, 2024, beginning at 1:30PM. This hearing will give all interested parties the opportunity to voice...
Alaska is the only state or province in North America that doesn’t have an upper limit on how much general freight trucks can weigh on the highways. The only factors that limit weight are the maximum load permissible per tire and axle and the total weight that...
Representative Ashley Carrick (House District 35) recently introduced House Bill 305 “An Act relating to vehicle weight limits and providing for an effective date”. Senator Scott Kowasaki (Senate District P) introduced the companion bill, SB218, in the...
By David Ray Cornberg, Ph.D. (Reprinted with permission of author) Corporate fascism happens when corporations, domestic and foreign, buy governments and require them to do the bidding of the corporation regardless of the consequences for the government’s citizens and...
