Gravina Access
Moving Forward
Much has happened with the Gravina Access Project in recent months. DOT&PF developed a method to screen alternatives, requested feedback on the screening process, refined the range of alternatives, and conducted additional studies to support the Gravina Access Project Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
The Gravina Access SEIS is one of the first projects in Alaska to work through the new requirements of the recent transportation bill.
One of those requirements is a new review process for screening and alternatives development. DOT&PF and its team worked diligently to make sure stakeholders interested in the project had the opportunity to comment on the alternatives.
Due to the undertaking of additional studies and the additional review, working through the process has taken more time than initially anticipated. Therefore, the project schedule has been updated to reflect the additional time needed to complete these added studies.
Updated Project Schedule
On-going Studies
Over the past year, the Gravina Access Project has been conducting additional studies relating to cultural resources, traffic modeling, tolling and additional engineering cost analysis. These studies are an important element of developing the Draft SEIS and updating project area information.
Cultural resources experts are currently investigating resources in the Area of Potential Effect, or APE, which has been expanded for the SEIS to include the area where historic resources might be affected by visual impacts.
Another new study underway is the updated traffic forecast, which uses new population data and a new model to project traffic volumes through the year 2030. The updated traffic forecast will help the project team determine future usage for each reasonable alternative and potential growth in the Borough. The traffic study is being used by project economists to investigate the effects of tolling on future development on Gravina Island.
As additional information becomes available, be sure to visit the project web site.
Click on the map below for a larger PDF version of SEIS Reasonable Alternatives Map
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