Barrow Maintenance Facility & Airport Improvements
AKSAS Project No. 61435, 61706, and 62378

Project Description:

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF), in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is proposing to construct additional apron space and Maintenance and Operations M&O) infrastructure at the Wiley Post/Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Barrow, Alaska.

The proposed action is shown in Figure 1 below. The project consists of:

• Extend the north airport apron to the south (apron expansion is necessary due to safety concerns, FAA standards and space issues).
• Extend the north airport apron to the east.
• Construct a gravel pad for a new M&O combined facility on the south side of the runway. This pad size was determined by design engineers to be optimal for M&O's sand storage and connex storage needs, equipment mobility, and building footprint.
• Construct new M&O combined facility including:
• An Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) facility.
• Snow Removal Equipment Building (SREB).
• A heated sand storage facility.
• Deicing chemical storage facility capable of accommodating a 1500-gallon chemical storage tank, dispensing vehicle, and other associated chemical handling equipment.
• Living quarters for ADOT&PF airport personnel.
• Security fence separating secure and non-secure areas as needed to meet Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) requirements.
• Construct a new two-lane access road connecting the new M&O facility pad to the existing road system.
• Adequate material for these projects is available in the existing material site within airport property.

Public comment and input will be accepted and considered throughout the planning process.

Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2016.

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