Project # Z566310000 / Federal # 0A31034

Seward Highway MP 105-109.5, Windy Corner to Rainbow Point

Archive

Content previously posted on the Windy Corner website can be found below. If you are unable to find something, please contact the project team.

Project Design Figures/Maps Updated Summer 2020

• Project Location
• Design Concept
• Proposed Mountainside Park Facilities
• Proposed Emergency Response Access
• Proposed Material Locations

Windy Corner Project Schedule (updated Summer 2020)

 

Meetings (February 2013 to July 2020)

WHEN	WHAT
July 30, 2020	Virtual and In-Person Open Forum Public Hearing (Community Meeting). Flyer | Prerecorded Presentation Video | Presentation PDF |  Meeting Boards | Comment Sheet
September 12, 2019	2019 Mat-Su Transportation Fair Flyer | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
February 6, 2019	2019 Anchorage Transportation Fair Flyer | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
September 13, 2018	2018 Mat-Su Transportation Fair Flyer | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
February 8, 2018	2018 Anchorage Transportation Fair Flyer | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
February 15, 2017	2017 Anchorage Transportation Fair Flyer | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
December 14, 2016	MOA Urban Design Commission (95% Design Review)
September 22, 2016	2016 Mat-Su Transportation Fair Flyer | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
August 1, 2016	MOA Planning & Zoning Commission (Draft Design Study Report Design Review)
April 19, 2016 April 20, 2016 April 5 to May 13, 2016	Anchorage Public Open House, April 19, 2016 Girdwood Public Open House, April 20, 2016 Online Open House, April 5 to May 13, 2016 Newsletter Mailer | Advertisement | Comment Sheet | Online Open House Content | Meeting Notes
February 4, 2015	2015 Anchorage Transportation Fair Newsletter | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
December 18, 2014	Turnagain Arm Community Council
May 8, 2014	Turnagain Arm Community Council
April 24, 2014	Public Meeting Postcard Mailer | Meeting Presentation | Design Graphic | Comment Sheet | Meeting Notes
April 21, 2014	Girdwood Board of Supervisors
March 4, 2013	Public Meeting Postcard Mailer | Meeting Presentation | Meeting Notes
February 18, 2013	Girdwood Board of Supervisors Briefing

 

Documents (2011 - 2020)

• August 2020 Fact Sheet
• DNR Public Notice: Proposed Commissioner's Finding (2020)
• Notice of Municipality of Anchorage Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Application for Natural Resource Extraction (2020)
• Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation (2020)
• Draft Environmental Assessment (2020)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Document without appendices - 51 Mb pdf
  • Table of Contents - 367 Kb pdf
  • Appendix A: Memorandum of Agreement - 1 Mb pdf
  • Appendix B: Traffic Noise Analysis - 12 Mb pdf
  • Appendix C: Cultural Resource Consultation - 146 Kb pdf
  • Appendix D: Threatened and Endangered Species Consultation - 2 Mb pdf
  • Appendix E: Section 4(f) Consultation
    • Part 1 - 5 Mb pdf
    • Part 2 - 19 Mb pdf
  • Appendix F: Section 6(f) Consultation - 1 Mb pdf
  • Appendix G: Agency and Public Comments and Coordination - 13 Mb pdf

FHWA Class of Action
A class of action is a ruling by the Federal Highway Administration on the level of environmental documentation needed to satisfy NEPA for a project funded in part or in full using Federal Highway Administration funding.

• FHWA Class of Action (August 2017) - 2.31 Mb pdf
  • Figure 1 - Location and vicinity map (Project Overview) - 839 Kb pdf
  • Figure 2 - Project plan view - 9.2 Mb pdf
  • Figure 3 - ARR Realignment Plan view close-up - 3.1 Mb pdf
  • Figure 4 - ROW acquisition and relinquishment - 849 Kb pdf
  • Figure 5 - ARR Realignment, plan view - 1.8 Mb pdf
  • Figure 6 - Waterways, wetlands and intertidal areas - 814 Kb pdf
  • Figure 7 - Material site location map - 1.6 Mb pdf
  • Figure 8 - Section 6(f) converted sites - 1.9 Mb pdf
  • Figure 9 - MS109 Preliminary Concept Design - 685 Kb pdf
  • Figure 10 - MS109 Proposed Street View - 260 Kb pdf
  • Figure 11 - MS109 Rendering - With Screen - 163 Kb pdf
  • Figure 12 - Goat's Head Soup climbing area - 254 Kb pdf
  • Figure 13 - Goat's Head Soup photo - 135 Kb pdf

Material Acquisition and Transportation Cost Analysis Memorandum
DOT&PF commissioned the following study to assist the team in evaluating the complex nature of material acquisition and transport of those materials from various locations to the project site.

• Seward Highway, MP 105-107, Windy Corner, Material Acquisition and Transportation Cost Analysis Memorandum (June 2017) - 671 Kb pdf

• Granite Construction, Windy Corner Material Source/Transportation Brief (May 2017) - 130 Kb pdf

Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)

Chugach State Park (CSP) lands are protected by the LWCF Act.  Since a portion of the protected lands are proposed to be converted to a purpose other than public recreation, an environmental document was developed to assess the impacts of removing acreage from LWCF protection and to assess the mitigation to make the park whole again. This LWCF environmental document addresses the project impacts and mitigation as they relate to the park acreage removed.

• Land and Water Conservation Act Section 6(f) Environmental Assessment
  (February 2019)
  • FONSI for LWCF EA (February 2019)
  • Main Document - 4.72 Mb pdf
  • Appendix A, Land and Water Conservation Fund Section 6(f) Maps - 1.57 Mb pdf
    
• Appendix B, 2001 Memorandum of Agreement - 1.38 Mb pdf
  
• Appendix C, Appraisals - 11.9 Mb pdf
  
• Appendix D, Environmental Screening Forms - 784 Kb pdf
  
• Appendix E, Section 106 Consultation - 709 Kb pdf
  
• Appendix F, Windy Corner Safety Improvements Overview - 4.75 Mb pdf
  
• Appendix G, Biological Assessment - 5.79 Mb pdf
  
• Appendix H, Essential Fish Habitat Consultation - 669 Kb pdf
  
• Appendix I, Public Involvement Materials - 14.5 Mb pdf
  

Background/Supporting Documentation

• Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Critical Habitat (February 2015) - 1.3 Mb pdf
• Biological Assessment (April 2015) - 7.3 Mb pdf
• Ambient Underwater Sound Levels (September 2014) - 783 Kb pdf
• Acoustic Modeling Report (October 2014) - 4.75 Mb pdf
• NMFS Endangered Species Act Letter of Concurrence (October 2015) - 1.3 Mb pdf
• Crash Data 1977-2015 - 57 Kb png

• Scoping Summary Report (May 2013) - 220 kb pdf
  • Appendix A - Public Meeting Materials (Part 1) - 1.45 Mb pdf
  • Appendix A - Public Meeting Materials (Part 2) - 1.33 Mb pdf
  • Appendix A - Public Meeting Materials (Part 3) - 1.0 Mb pdf
  • Appendix B - Project Website - 1.46 Mb pdf
  • Appendix C - Agency Scoping and Meeting Materials - 1.76 Mb pdf
  • Appendix D - Public Comment Summary - 151 kb pdf
  • Appendix E - Agency Scoping Comments - 2.18 Mb pdf
  • Appendix F - Additional Agency Coordination (Part 1) - 2.2 Mb pdf
  • Appendix F - Additional Agency Coordination (Part 2) - 863 kb pdf

• DOT&PF Safety Corridors Audits (including Seward Highway between Girdwood and Anchorage)

• Value Engineering Study (January 2011)
  • Executive Summary - 648 kb pdf
  • Design Recommendations and Support Data (Part 1) - 2.7 Mb pdf
  • Design Recommendations and Support Data (Part 2) - 2.3 Mb pdf
  • Design Recommendations and Support Data (Part 3) - 1.8 Mb pdf