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Parks Highway Mp 231 Enhancements APPLICATION FOR BUILD FUNDING FOR PARKS HIGHWAY MP 231 ENHANCEMENTS STATE/FEDERAL PROJECT NO. Z612990000/0A44020 Project Name Parks Highway MP 231 Enhancements Previously Incurred Project Eligible Costs $ 0.00 Future Eligible Project Costs $48,000,000.00 Total Project Cost $48,000,000.00 BUILD Program Grant Request Amount $25,000,000.00 Federal (DOT) Funding Including Program Funds Requested $46,574,006.00 DENALI BOROUGH JULY, 2019 BUILD GRANT APPLICATION | DENALI BOROUGH | PARKS HWY MP 231 ENHANCEMENTS 2 BUILD GRANT APPLICATION | DENALI BOROUGH | PARKS HWY MP 231 ENHANCEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ..................................................................................................... 1 Transportation Challenges ................................................................................................................................ 1 Project History................................................................................................................................................... 3 Transportation and Community Context .......................................................................................................... 3 Project Location ................................................................................................................................................ 3 GRANT FUNDS, SOURCES, AND USES OF PROJECT FUNDS ........................................................................ 10 Project Costs ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Funding............................................................................................................................................................ 10 Budget ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 PRIMARY SELECTION CRITERIA ............................................................................................................... 12 Safety .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 State of Good Repair ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Economic Competitiveness ............................................................................................................................. 16 Environmental Sustainability .......................................................................................................................... 19 Quality of Life .................................................................................................................................................. 20 SECONDARY SELECTION CRITERIA ........................................................................................................... 21 Innovation ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Partnership ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Project Readiness ............................................................................................................................................ 22 BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 26 BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................Appendix A EXISTING FUNDING AGREEMENTS ............................................................................................. Appendix B Figure 1. Project overview and connection to State transportation resources. ............................................. 4 Figure 2. Northern project limits. ................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3. Proposed improvements to access and bicycle/pedestrian facilities. ............................................. 6 Figure 4. Southern project limits. ................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 5. Proposed trail improvements relative to existing Park trail systems. Park entrance at MP 237. ... 8 Figure 6. Transportation challenges. .............................................................................................................. 9 Figure 7. Project area crash history (2007-2016). ......................................................................................... 14 Figure 8. Project area growth. ...................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 9. Proposed stage construction Plans. ............................................................................................... 23 Page | 1 BUILD GRANT APPLICATION | DENALI BOROUGH | PARKS HWY MP 231 ENHANCEMENTS Page | 2 BUILD GRANT APPLICATION | DENALI BOROUGH | PARKS HWY MP 231 ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION The Parks Highway MP 231 Enhancements project (project) will enhance safety and improve local access on the Interstate for motorized and non-motorized traffic at the southern boundary of Denali National Park & Preserve (Park) through the addition of turn lanes, bicycle and pedestrian pathways, a new trailhead wayside, and grade separating pedestrian/highway crossings. The project will improve quality of life for Denali Borough residents and enhance economic opportunities for our rural community. The proposed project is the result of partnership between Looking north from Grizzly Bear Cabins. the Denali Borough, National Park Service, Alaska DOT&PF and community residents and business owners. Transportation Challenges The George Parks Highway (Parks Highway) is an Interstate highway connecting the two largest cities in Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks. It serves as the primary overland connection between the Port of Anchorage and the North Slope oilfields. Commercial traffic on the highway includes fuel and natural gas tankers serving Fairbanks and Parks Highway communities, oilfield development goods, and commerce from the Port of Anchorage to the communities along the Parks Highway. The Parks Highway also serves several tourist oriented communities associated with the Denali National and State parks, and is the only highway access to the Park. Within the Denali Borough, the Parks Highway is the principal connection between home and work for local residents. The project area experiences significant commercial traffic (tour buses and vans, commercial trucks, and vehicles with boat trailers) as well as heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic associated with the Park during tourist season (May to September). This mix of traffic leads to congestion Trailhead parking, pedestrians on the highway and narrow bridge, and high speed traffic. View looking south towards hotel development from the NPS trailhead. Page | 1 BUILD GRANT APPLICATION | DENALI BOROUGH | PARKS HWY MP 231 ENHANCEMENTS for Interstate commerce and conflict risk between the 65 mph Interstate traffic and local tourist oriented traffic during summer months. Within the project limits (between milepost 229.7 and 232.2), the Parks Highway serves as access to: • A public boat launch that is used by commercial rafting companies during the tourist season. • Multiple seasonal lodging, dining, and gift shop facilities. • The Village View subdivision, where many Park employees and tourist oriented business owners live as well as Air BnB facilities. • The Denali Education Center and residential campus, which provides information and educational programs to visitors and the community. • It also serves as a bicycle commuter route from Village View subdivision into the Park, and as a pedestrian route to access lodging and dining facilities and Park trails in the area. • The McKinley Village Community Center and McKinley Volunteer Fire Department (in the Village View Subdivision). At present there are no turn lanes for the facilities at milepost (MP) 231, which includes the boat launch and multiple commercial facilities, or the Village View subdivision located near MP 230. In addition to mixing turning traffic and 65 mph through traffic, the intersections for the lodging facilities are located at the bottom of a steep (6%) grade. Right-of-way constraints and geotechnical concerns in the area prevent correcting grade, thus furthering the desire for turn-lanes. Currently, pedestrians must cross the 65 mph highway at-grade to access commercial facilities at Denali Park Village and Grizzly Bear Cabins immediately south of the Nenana River Bridge. To access the National Park Service (NPS) trails, pedestrians must cross the Nenana River Bridge using 5-ft shoulders. Visitors also park their vehicles along the highway shoulder to access these trails north of the Nenana River Bridge, take pictures of the Park entrance sign, and walk onto the bridge to take photographs, thus increasing potential conflict between parked cars, pedestrians, and high speed traffic. The project will address the transportation challenges identified by reconstructing the
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