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THE STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES

prepared for The House Transportation Committee

February 5, 2008

Central Region

Gordon C. Keith, P.E. Regional Director Central Region Includes • Anchorage • Mat-Su • • Kodiak Island • Bristol Bay • Alaska Peninsula • KkkiDltKuskokwim Delta • Aleutians/Pribilofs Central Region

MjMajor High Hihways Parks Highway (MP 0-163) Seward Highway (all 118 miles) (all 138 miles) (MP 0 to 109)

109 rural airports

6 harbors

5,400 paved road lane miles

975+ miles of gravel roads

~300 bridges Central Region Where population growth outruns road improvements

Central Region has • 64% of Alaska’s population • 3 of the 4 fastest growing communities in the state

As a result, Central Region has Alaska’s greatest problems with • Congestion • Accidents • Ruts

High Population

} Limited Road System CONGESTION

Accidents Ruts

Central Region, State of Alaska, DOT/PF: Top 10 Congestion Bottlenecks

1/26/07 set Bottleneck ID Function Problem Needed Solutions Annual Added Annual Improvement Bottleneck Signals per Capacity LOS Annual Hrs Annual Benefit / Length mi Min Lanes v/c ratio Projects Costs Volume veh/day mi E Delay (1,000's) Delay crashes Crash Costs Cost (1,000's) (1,000's) (1,000's)

Glenn Hwy to Seward Urban Freeway Break Cut and cover controlled access Hwy: Boniface Pkwy to Interstate freeway to freeway connection; Build at-grade frontage roads 1 36th Ave 5 60,000 4 4 34,500 1.74 3,007 $45,000 750 $ 22,609 $ 550,000 1.10

Tudor Rd: Minnesota to NHS Arterial Lack of arterial Complete parallel E/W grid - incl. Muldoon grid Dowling Road from Abbott Loop to Minnesota Dr, Bragaw from 2 Northern Lts to O'Malley Rd, 5.5 53,000 4 2 34,500 1.54 1,773 $27,000 450 $ 13,565 $ 140,000 2.59 Boniface to Dowling

Parks Hwy: Wasilla to Rural Overcapacity two Widen to 4 lanes; Parks Hwy Interstate lane, high fatal rate Bypass of Wasilla 3 Big Lake 8.8 17,000 2 0 13,520 1.26 585 $9,000 50 $ 1,507 $ 150,000 0.63

Seward Hwy: Rural Overcapacity, two Widen to 4 lanes or bypass Anchorage to Girdwood Interstate lane mountains by crossing to North Kenai Spur Road 4 (Summer Months) 27.5 17000 2 0 13,520 1.26 1,828 $27,000 80 $ 2,412 $ 340,000 0.77

Sterling Hwy: Sterling to Interstate Overcapacity, two Widen to 4 lanes, limit access lane, high fatal rate 5 Soldotna (Summer 10.5 17,000 2 0 13,520 1.26 698 $10,000 50 $ 1,507 $ 60,000 1.71 Months) Palmer-Wasilla Hwy: Major Overcapacity two Widen to 4 lanes; Complete Palmer to Wasilla Arterial lane, high fatal rate parallel Bogard-Seldon Corridor as 4 lanes limited access; Widen 6 N/S corridors to 4 lanes - Trunk 9.9 16,500 2 0.3 13,520 1.22 639 $10,000 140 $ 4,221 $ 130,000 0.98 Rd limited access, Seward Meridian Rd, and Hyer Rd

O’Malley Rd: Elmore Rd Major Overcapacity, two Widen to 4 lanes; Connect N/S 7 to Seward Hwy Arterial lane roads to complete grid - Elmore 2 16,000 2 1 13,520 1.18 55 $1,000 50 $ 1,507 $ 18,000 1.24 Road Jewel Lake Rd: Minor Overcapacity, two Widen to 4 lanes with center left Arterial lane turn lane 8 International to Dimond 2.9 16,000 2 1 13,520 1.18 78 $1,000 75 $ 2,261 $ 20,000 1.46

Seward Hwy: 36th Ave to Urban Interchange Widen to 6 lanes for weaving Interstate capacity, weaving between interchanges; Complete O’Malley Rd E/W collectors across freeway at 9 International, 68th, 76th, 92nd 4.5 60,000 4 0 57,375 1.05 751 $11,000 400 $ 12,058 $ 210,000 0.98 Avenues.

Minnesota Dr: Hillcrest NHS Arterial Intersection Cut and cover controlled access Dr to Tudor capacity freeway to freeway connection; 10 Build at-grade frontage roads 3 45,000 6 2 51,800 0.87 1,353 $20,000 120 $ 3,618 $ 300,000 0.70

TOTAL 79.6 317,500 259,295 1.22 10,769 $ 161,000 2,165 $ 65,264 $ 1,918,000 1.05 miles veh/day veh/day Avg hrs/yr 14% of State Totals

* $15/hr value of lost time delay avg, Delay costs exclude costs of fuel, air quality, and vehicular wear and tear List Generated at the Request of FHWA Alaska Division

* Freeway Capacity based upon adjusting to 70/30 split Safety Corridor Designated

* 60% crash and delay reduction assumed with improvements

* Weighted KABCO crash costs per DOT proportion of KABCO crashes on NHS Routes Safety Corridor Candidate, Under Consideration Highway Safety Corridors

• Established by Alaska Statute 19.10.075 • Implemented by Section 28.17 of the Alaska Traffic Manual

Designated: Seward Highway, MP 87-117 – May 26, 2006 Parks Highway, MP 44-52 – October 16, 2006

To be Designated: Knik-Goose Bay Road – May 2008 Sterling Highway, Scout Lake to Soldotna – May 2008 Palmer-Wasilla Highway – Summer 2008

Preliminary Results

Seward Highway Parks Highway Crash Rate Before Implementation 13.10 per 100 MVM 17.30 per 100 MVM Crash Rate After Implementation 1.22 per 100 MVM 10.36 per 100 MVM % Reduction 90.7% 40% Crashes Per Year Before Implementation 16.45 6.82 Crashes Per Year After Implementation 1 3 % Reduction 93.9% 56% MVM = Million Vehicle Miles

Seward Highway – September 25, 2005 Seward Highway – September 25, 2005

PARKS HIGHWAY: LUCUS ROAD TO - HOUSTON CROSSING (MP 56) 1977 - 2006 FATAL CRASH LOCATIONS

ACCIDENT SUMMARY

11.330 - 11/27/2001 SEGMENT LENGTH: 13.00 MILES 14.480 - 3/6/2005 13.560 - 8/3/2005 16.830 - 12/23/2002 Head-On, 2 Vehicles Right Angle, 2 Vehicles Right Angle, 2 Vehicles Head-On, 3 Vehicles 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL 1977-2006 FATALITIES: 38 1 Fatality, DRUGS 1 Fatality, Red Light Violation 3 Fatalities, Out of Control Improper Lane Use 1977-2006 FATAL ACCIDENTS: 35 Failure to Yield 13.320 - 6/8/2005 16.750 - 12/15/2006 14.320 - 6/24/1996 11.170 - 5/25/1994 Pedestrian, 1 Vehicle 1977-2005 FATALITIES + MAJOR INJURIES per MILE: 14.69 Head-On (Rear End), 3 Vehicles Head-On, 2 Vehicles Oveturn, 1 Vehicle 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL 1 Fatality, Driver Inattention 2 Fatalities, ALCOHOL (Both) 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL 2001-2003 FATAL + MAJOR INJURY ACCIDENT RATE: 17.30 Pedestrian Error Out of Control

(Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle-Miles) 15.930 - 8/11/1996 14.320 - 1/18/2001 12.820 - 7/27/2000 10.72 - 12/3/1994 Collision with Tree, 1 Vehicle Rear End, 3 Vehicles Head-On, 2 Vehicles Head-On, 2 Vehicles 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL, Unsafe 1 Fatality, Driver Inattention 1 Fatality, Improper Lane Use 1 Fatality, Unsafe Speed 20.290 - 1/30/2004 Speed MP 56 Head-On, 2 Vehicles 13.820 - 6/23/2001 20.820 1 Fatality, 12.560 - 9/27/1998 10.620 - 8/27/2005 Head-On ,2 Vehicles, Improper Lane Use 17.430 - 1/6/2003 15.405 - 10/26/2005 Embankment, 1 Vehicle Head-On, 2 Vehicles 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL Head-On, 2 Vehicles Head-On, 2 Vehicles 1 Fatality, Fell Asleep, 1 Fatality, Improper Lane Use Unsafe Speed 18.980 - 7/7/1999 1 Fatality, Wrong Side/Way 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL/DRUGS Ran STOP sign Alaska Overturn, 1 Vehicle Improper Lane Use 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL 13.820 - 1/26/2006 Spruce Avenue 11.990 - 1/23/2001 Railroad Unsafe Speed 17.130 - 8/26/1995 Head-On, (Angle) Head-On, 2 Vehicles Head-On, 3 Vehicles 2 Vehicles, 1 Fatality, 21.330 1 Fatality, Out of Control 1 Fatality, Passing, ALCOHOL Unknown Drive Circumstamces Lucus Road Church 8.330 Road MP 55 19.790 9.340

Alaska Railroad MP 44

8.860 Road Lucus

Church Road Church

Road Pittman Pittman

MP 54 18.820

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MP 49 Road Sylvan 13.820 8.630 - 1/9/1982 Vine Road Head-On, 2 Vehicles 12.560 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL Parks Highway Driver Inattention 10.340 - 11/2/1990 11.640 - 4/14/1982 8.860 - 8/17/1985 13.820 - 8/20/1979 Oveturn, 1 Vehicle Embankment, 1 Vehicle Oveturn, 1 Vehicle Oveturn, 1 Vehicle ALCOHOL 1 Fatality, DRUGS Big Lake Road MP 51 1 Fatality, 1 Fatality, Driver 1 Fatality Unsafe Speed 15.930 Unsafe Speed Inexperience Big Lake Road MP 52 11.430 - 6/13/1977 10.380 - 12/30/1988 16.830 12.150 - 9/10/1978 8.960 - 7/14/1986 17.110 Train, 1 Vehicle Head-On, 2 Vehicles 16.390 - 11/17/1990 Head-On, 2 Vehicles Pedestrian, 1 Vehicle 1 Fatality 1 Fatality, Unsafe Speed Head-On, 2 Vehicles 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL 1 Fatality, ALCOHOL (Both) Improper Lane Use 10.710 - 2/16/1990 10.430 - 11/9/1985 12.130 - 5/1/1986 Head-On, 2 Vehicles Head-On, 2 Vehicles Head-On, 2 Vehicles 1 Fatality, Unsafe Speed 1 Fatality, Improper Lane Use Parks Highway Major Realignments Timeline Parks Highway Speed Limits 1 Fatality Milepost 44-52: Complete July, 1996 55 Miles per Hour Scale 1 : 44536 Milepost 52-57: Complete July, 1998 Portion for Satety 10123 = Accident Occured prior to Highway Realignment Corridor Designation miles 45 Miles per Hour = Accident Occured following Highway Realignment SCALE in MILES May 2006

CENTRAL REGION SAFETY CORRIDOR CANDIDATES BY RANKING, CONSIDERATION

2001-2003 3 Year Average Accident Rates: NHS Routes in the Central Region sorted by FATALITIES +MAJOR INJURIES

Routes with NO FATAL ACCIDENTS are hilighted in ORANGE. Not excluded at this time.

3rd Sort Regional ranking based on # of crashes, ADT conflicts

1 Parks Highway: Lake Lucille Drive to Big Lake Road Safety Corridor as of 10-16-06 Safety Corridor as of 5-26-06, 2 Seward Highway: Sawmill Road (MP 100) to Rabbit Creek Rifle Range Extended 10-30-07 Knik/Goose Bay Road: Parks Highway to Settler's Bay or Point McKenzie 3 Road NEXT 2 CANDIDATES under consideration in 2008 4 Sterling Highway: Scout Lake Road to Kenai Spur Highway

5 Palmer/Wasilla Highway: Palmer to Wasilla

6 Eagle River Road: Old Glenn Highway to Wallace Street (Near MP 5) 3R project solving 7 Seward Highway: Turnagain Pass to Road 3R project solving one portion

8 Glenn Highway: Parks Highway Junction to Palmer/Fishhook Road 4R project.

9 Seward Highway: Sterling Highway Junction to Turnagain Pass

10 Kenai Spur Highway: Forest Drive to Rig Tenders Dock

11 Seward Highway: Primrose Road to Johnson Pass Trailhead (MP 32)

Produced by Central Region DOT/PF, Traffic & Safety Section Central Region Main Highway Rut Problem Areas

Route Limits Length (mi) Estimate ($M) Comments Plans

High Priority

Sterling Highway Sterling to Soldotna 10 $10.0 Pre-level and Overlay Mackey Lake to Soldotna portion in M&O PM for 2009

Second Priority

Glenn Highway N. Birchwood to S. Birchwood 2.5 $5.0 Pre-Level and Overlay Not in STIP Minnesota Drive Tudor Road to C Street 4.6 $19.6 Pre-Level and Overlay Not in STIP Sterling Highway Funny River Road to Ninilchik 30 $30.0 Pre-Level and Overlay Not in STIP Ingra and Gambell Streets 16th Ave. to 20th Ave. 0.5 $2.0 Pre-Level and Overlay Not in STIP Glenn Highway Boniface to Knik River (less above) 24 $48.0 Pre-Level and Overlay Not in STIP

Subtotal Rut Issues $114.6

Other Issues (not Ruts)

Sterling Highway Homer Hill 4 $1.6 BST (raveling) Not in STIP Sterling Highway Anchor Point to Homer Hill 8 $8.0 Stabilize Base and Overlay (structural distress) Not in STIP Sterling Highway Seward Wye to 8 $3.2 BST (raveling) Not in STIP Seward Highway MP 59 to MP 75 16 $16.0 Stabilize Base and Overlay (structural distress) Not in STIP Seward Highway MP 104 to MP 110 6 $6.0 Stabilize Base and Overlay (structural distress) Not in STIP Glenn Highway Parks Intx. To Palmer-Wasilla Hwy. 5 $5.0 Stabilize Base and Overlay (structural distress) Not in STIP before 2010 Parks Highway Kashwitna to Willow + 2 miles 17 $17.0 Stabilize Base and Overlay (structural distress) Not in STIP before 2010 + 2 miles Not in STIP

Total $171.4 Central Region Highway Pavement Rut Repair Needs Priority Highway/Road Milepost Section Repair Estimate ($k)

1 Glenn 17.8 - 20.5 (N - S Birchwood) $2,700.0 2 Gaswell / Wendy Lane 0 - 3 $3,000.0 3 Parks 72 - 99 $27,000.0 4 North Cohoe Loop 11 - 16 $5,000.0 5 Sterling 83 - 92 $9,000.0 6 Glenn 22 - 25.5 (Peters Ck. - Eklutna) $7,800.0 7 Sterling 96.5 - 118 $21,500.0 8 Glenn 35 - 42 $7,000.0 9 Palmer-Wasilla 0 - 9.8 $14,700.0 10 Minnesota Drive C Street - Tudor $19,600.0 11 Jewel Lake Dimond - International Airport $5,350.0 12 Sterling 118 - 157 $39,000.0 13 72nd Avenue Lake Otis - Lore $1,100.0 14 68th Avenue Lake Otis - Brayton $650.0 15 Potter Drive Arctic - C St. $450.0 16 80th Avenue Lake Otis - Winchester $200.0 17 East Seldon 0 - 2.3 $2,300.0 18 Fairview Loop 0 - 11 $11,000.0 19 Lucus 0 - 1.4 $1,400.0 20 49th State Street 0 - 1.3 $1,300.0 21 Bodenburg Loop 0 - 5.7 $5,700.0 22 Glenn 25 - 35 $10,000.0 23 Old Seward Rabbit Ck. - Huffman $2,580.0 24 Sterling 157 - 172 $15,000.0 25 Sterling 50 - 58 $8,000.0 26 Rezanof Drive 0 - 7.5 $7,500.0 27 O'Malley Old Seward - Upper O'Malley $2,900.0 28 Seward 18 - 26 $8,000.0 29 Seward 43 - 46 $3,000.0 30 Old Klatt Timberline - Victor $2,050.0 31 Beaver Loop 0 - 4 $4,000.0 32 Funny River 0 - 3 $3,000.0 33 Dimond Boulevard Arctic - Jewel Lake $6,300.0 34 Rezanof Drive West 0 - 4 $4,000.0 35 Main Street (Homer) 0.2 - 0.7 $500.0 36 East End 14 - 20 $6,000.0 37 Dimond Boulevard Old Seward - Arctic $3,350.0 38 Fireweed Lane Spenard - New Seward $4,050.0 39 Abbott Lake Otis - Hilltop $1,800.0 40 Victor Rd. all $1,200.0 41 Birch O'Malley - Lore $350.0 42 Northern Lights Boulevard Minnesota - Wisconsin $900.0 43 A Street 15th - International Airport $2,300.0 44 C Street 15th - International Airport $2,200.0 45 Upper Huffman Hillside to end $1,050.0

Total $285,780.0 Parks Highway: Kashwitna to Willow plus 2 miles MP 72 to MP 89

Glenn Highway: Parks Intersection to Glenn Highway: Palmer-Wasilla Highway Boniface to Knik River

(excluding Birchwood area)

Glenn Highway SB: N. Birchwood to S. Birchwood Ingra and Gambell Streets: 16th Ave to 20th Ave

Minnesota Drive: Tudor Road to C Street Seward Highway: MP 104 to MP 110

Seward Highway: MP 59 to MP 75 Sterling Highway: Sterling to Soldotna

Sterling Highway: Seward Wye to Kenai Lake

Sterling Highway: Funny River Road to Ninilchik

Sterling Highway: Anchor Point to Homer Hill and Homer Hill Central Region NHS Recommended Pavement Repair Projects January 2008

Rutting repair Pavement problems other than rutting

. 0 5 10 20 Miles Ingra and Gambell Streets: 16th Ave. to 20th Ave.

Minnesota Drive: Tudor Road to C Street

Central Region NHS Recommended Pavement Repair Projects January 2008

Rutting repair Pavement problems other than rutting

. 0 1,250 2,500 5,000 Feet

The War Against Pavement Rutting

What is DOT/PF Doing?

• Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA)

• Polymer Modified Oil

• Superpave Mix Designs

o Cubical Aggregate

• Prall Test/Rut Test

• Rubberized Asphalt

September 25, 2005

Central Region Unfunded Safety/Congestion Needs Major Roadways

• Parks Highway Reconstruction, Wasilla to Big Lake (Safety Corridor) - $100 million

• Mat-Su: Palmer-Wasilla Highway Reconstruction - $200 million

• Mat-Su: Knik-Goose Bay Road Widening - $75 million

• Anchorage: Seward Highway , 36th Avenue to Rabbit Creek - $200 million

• Seward Highway Reconstruction, Potter to Girdwood (Safety Corridor) - $340 million

• Alternative corridor to Parks Highway around Wasilla - $250 million

• Anchorage: Highway-to-Highway - $750 million

FFY 2003-2009 AIP Spending Plan Projects

Kongiganak Accident - narrow R/W and X-winds Existing Takotna R/W to be relocated

Unmet Aviation Needs

South Naknek Runway Dips Hooper Bay Erosion Maintenance & Operations General Fund Authorizations

180000

160000

140000

FY83 budget adjusted for Anchorage CPI 120000

100000

80000

M&O actual GF operating budget

60000

40000

20000

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