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...
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...
The Fairbanks North Star Borough’s Air Pollution Control Commission (FNSB APCC) will discuss the Kinross Manh Choh mine ore haul at their next meeting on August 3, 2022. Of particular interest are the potential air quality impacts within the FNSB PM2.5...
Advocates for Safe Alaska Highways (ASAH) has launched its official Facebook page. We will be posting the most recent information regarding the transportation plan proposed by Kinross Gold/Contango Ore to truck ore 248 miles from the Manh Choh gold mine near Tetlin to...
The second meeting of the Transportation Advisory Committee for the Tetlin to Fort Knox Analysis of the Kinross ore transportation plan will be held virtually on Thursday, May 26, 2022 from 1-3 PM. The public can join the zoom meeting at:...
