Welcome to the Gravina
Access Project Website
Last Update:March
8, 2010
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.
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Click on the map below
for a larger PDF version of SEIS
Reasonable Alternatives Map
UPDATE
01/10/2010
