Project # Z566310000 / Federal # 0A31034

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

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Documents

• Project Factsheet (April 2022)
• Scoping Summary Report (August 2021)
• Windy Corner to Rainbow Point FAQs (June 2021)
• Notice to Begin Engineering and Environmental Studies (May 2021)
• Draft Environmental Assessment (March 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 - 145 Kb pdf
  • Appendix D: Threatened and Endangered Species Consultation - 2 Mb pdf
  • Appendix E: Section 4(f) Consultaton
    • 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

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Documents and links posted to the website prior to spring 2021 can be found on the Archive page.

Media Links

2021. Gov. Dunleavy's budget calls for widening the Seward Highway, Lauren Maxwell; Alaska's News Source, December 21, 2021

2017. Balancing scenery and safety on Seward Highway takes mountains of money, Dermot Cole; Alaska Dispatch News, July 18, 2017

2016. Alaska’s scenic Seward Highway doesn’t need another quarry ruining the view, Rick Sinnott; Opinion, Alaska Dispatch News, May 23, 2016

2016. Q&A with the Seward Highway “Windy Corner” project manager; Turnagain Times, April 21, 2016

2015. Seward Highway expansion will increase traffic, speed and safety risk, Paul Twardock, Alaska Dispatch News, December 30, 2015

2015. Video: Tour of Seward Highway Project, Alaska Dispatch News, September 19, 2015 (Updated May 31, 2016)

2015. State tried to balance safety, scenery in big Seward Highway project, Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News, September 19, 2015

2015. Seward Highway project must preserve beauty of Turnagain Arm, Joan Daniels, Opinion, Anchorage Dispatch News, May 29, 2015

2014. Windy Corner project moving forward, by Marc Donadieu, Turnagain Times, May 1, 2014

2013. Governor announces highway safety improvements, Turnagain Times, February 21, 2013

2013. Most dangerous Alaska roads, including Seward Highway to see upgrades, Casey Grove, Alaska Dispatch News, February 14, 2013

2013. Newly appointed DOT Czar seeks to make Seward Highway safer, Julie St. Louis, Turnagain Times, February 7, 2013

 

Agency/Government Links

Alaska DOT&PF Central Region Projects

Seward Highway Rockfall Mitigation Project

Alaska Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation

Alaska Railroad Corporation

Chugach State Park

• CSP Management Plan
• CSP Trails Plan

DOT&PF Safety Corridors

US Department of Transportation / Federal Highway Administration (DOT/FHWA)