The next Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting will be held: Thursday, September 14, 2023 9:00AM-5:00PM (1 hour of public testimony beginning at 9:15AM) ...
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (AKDOT&PF) has issued the Draft STIP 2024-27. STIP stands for State Transportation Improvement Plan. Per federal law, transportation improvement projects on the STIP should reflect priorities set by...
A number of authors have written publicly about the ore haul in recent days. In case you missed them, here they are: ♣ Dermot Cole’s Now we find out that 2 Fairbanks bridges can’t handle fully-loaded Kinross trucks in Reporting From Alaska ♣ David...
By Rich Seifert (reprinted with permission) The trouble is, it’s all trouble, and no benefit for most of us. Here is a list of very negative factors which make the Manh Choh /Kinross deal one of the worst developments we’ve ever been confronted with. It is not a...
♦ Advocates for Safe Alaska Highways would like to thank all of the volunteers who sat in the ASAH booth on July 29 and August 5 collecting signatures for our anti-trucking petition. We gathered nearly 400 signatures. A big shout out goes to the Interior Democrats who...
A lot has been going on in ASAH-world in the past week. Here’s a quick summary: Petition signatures were gathered at the Deltana Fair, July 21-23. Turnout was great and the overwhelming majority of booth visitors signed the petition. ASAH wants to send a...
According to the Delta Wind, “The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT) says that the installation of proposed passing lanes on the Richardson Highway between Delta Junction and North Pole will not be complete before October of 2025....
A locally-organized community meeting at the Delta Community Center drew a good crowd on Thursday, July 13, 2023 to hear speakers talk about the Kinross Tetlin to Ft. Knox gold ore haul’s impact on Delta Junction and other communities along the route. Over 70...
Two new pieces out this week by Dermot Cole. The first discusses the results of a recent feasibility study done by Contango consultant John Sims. The second reviews the most recent assessment of the Manh Choh mine at Tetlin. Both are worth your time. Mine trucking...
