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...
In response to the lawsuit filed by the Committee for Safe Communities, lawyers for Peak Gold LLC announced in court papers that there is a change to the route the ore trucks will take through Fairbanks. Instead of using the Mitchell-Peger-Johansen loop to connect the...
Lois Parshley, an award-winning investigative journalist at Grist, has a new article out today about the controversy over the mineral lease at the Manh Choh mine. Tribal officials and others have found what they allege is a series of questionable background deals,...
At the end of a long 4-hour TAC meeting yesterday and a quick sidebar in the hallway by meeting organizers, it was announced that this would be the last public TAC meeting. Shelly Wade, the meeting moderator, explained that DOT Commissioner Anderson had ordered the...
The next Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting will be held: Date: November 16, 2023 Time: 9:00am-1:00pm Location: Key Bank Building, 100 Cushman Street, room 215 Zoom Option: check project website UPDATE: Late on Wednesday, an in-person...
Over 50 Interior residents met with most of the Interior Delegation on October 31, 2023, to present the results of ASAH’s anti-ore haul petition, give updates on where the Corridor Study and state transportation plans are at, outline the known costs to the State...
The Committee for Safe Communities (CSC) filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) on October 19, 2023. The complaint seeks “injunctive relief and orders to compel the Defendant (DOTPF) to follow and enforce...
