Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation is implementing changes to the permit hunt application system. The application period for all Tier I, Tier II and drawing hunts is occuring from November 1 - December 31. You must apply now for all hunts that occur in the spring and fall 2010 and spring of 2011. See Fish & Game press release for more information.
Juneau Projects in draft STIP:
• Brotherhood Bridge and Industrial Boulevard Improvements, with separated bike path. Project will replace the existing Glacier Highway bridge across the Mendenhall River, and bike/pedestrian path between existing path and University of Alaska Southeast. Total cost over several years of $20.4 million.
• Egan Drive resurfacing, Main Street to 10th Street in 2011. Cost for the single year project: $550,000.
• Glacier Highway/Back Loop Road intersection safety improvements. Cost is $4.5 million over the next two years.
• Fritz Cove to Auke Bay School, roadway and pedestrian improvements, including replacement of three culverts allowing fish access to Auke Lake. Cost over four years is $8.5 million, with most of the work done in 2013.
• Juneau Access Project. Plan calls for delaying design work until 2012 and construction in 2013, presumably after conclusion of legal challenges. Cost of the 2013 work at $45.6 million.
• Transit bus acquisition and transit center. Proposed spending over the next four years of $17.3 million.
• Enhanced local transit service, five additional buses. Cost in 2013 is $1.6 million.
• Riverside Drive rehabilitation and widening. Improved right turn lane off Egan Drive, then two lanes to Mendenhall Mall Road. Repave from Egan Drive to James Boulevard. Cost is $2.9 million, with construction in 2013.
• Auke Lake Trail and Wayside. Construct trail with UAS access, 1.5 miles long with picnic shelter, restrooms, trailhead parking and interpretive amenities. Cost is $1.6 million with construction in 2012.
• Industrial Boulevard widening and sidewalks. Wider pavement and additional west side curb, gutter and sidewalks from Glacier Highway to Maier Drive, with foot and horse path on east side. Cost is $330,000.
• Juneau Bridges, Jordan Creek at Trout Street and Basin Road Trestle. Remove and replace Trout Street Bridge, replace decking and guardrails on trestle, inspect, repair or replace bent foundations. Cost in 2010 is $2.4 million.
Highway Safety Improvement Program
Two highway safety improvement projects in Juneau have been submitted by the Department of Transportation for federal highway safety dollars through the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The Federal Highway Administration is reviewing all nominations and will select which projects are approved by the end of this year.
• Old Glacier Highway, near Walmart, pedestrian safety refuges
• North Douglas Highway, Channel View Trailer Park Safety Improvements, between mileposts 1.25
and 1.75.
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