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Ketchikan Airport Ferry Facility Improvements


        An aerial view of a ferry terminal in Ketchikan that will be reconstructed through this project. DOT&PF photo.

Project Description

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) in cooperation with the Ketchikan Gateway Borough (KGB) intends to construct new ferry berths at both the Revilla and Gravina Airport Shuttle Ferry Facilities and construct associated upland improvements to enhance the reliability, function, and comfort of vehicle and pedestrian traffic to and from the Ketchikan Airport.

The Revilla projects include:

  • Non-SEIS SFHWY00085
    • Construct a new shuttle ferry terminal
    • Make improvements to Tongass Highway
    • Expand parking and improve vehicle and pedestrian access ways
       
  • SEIS Z676980000
    • Refurbish the existing ferry terminal
    • Provide a new passenger waiting building

The Gravina projects include:

  • Non-SEIS SFHWY00109
    • Construct a new shuttle ferry terminal and refurbish the existing ferry terminal
       
  • SEIS Z676980000
    • Widen the existing covered pedestrian walkway and ADA ramp access
    • Widen the existing approach road

Project Schedule and Timeline

    The final components of the new berths are scheduled for completion by December 2025. The refurbishment work will be delivered under a separate construction contract, currently estimate for advertisement in 2026.

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by DOT&PF pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated April 13, 2023, and executed by FHWA and DOT&PF.