Commission presses for DOT briefing as roads master plan update proceeds
Sep 23, 2026
Commissioners moved into a committee-of-the-whole to discuss the streets and highway plan update, raised concerns about Main Street/downtown overlay coverage and DOT maintenance and funding, and agreed to invite DOT, borough planning and MPO for future briefings before drafting any resolutions.
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The planning commission held an extended committee-of-the-whole discussion on the city’s streets and highway plan, an update staff said was funded in the last budget cycle and will be reissued via RFP in the coming month. Acting city planner Crystal Nygaard said the current official streets and highway plan was valid from 2005 to 2025 and that staff will issue an RFP “in the next 30 days for the market to engage with us to update it.”
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