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Planning commission approves $2 million FAST resurfacing package for borough roads and paths
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve HP2025-001, a FAST (Fast Improvement) program package that bundles repaving, crack repair, drainage, and path work across nine locations in Fairbanks and North Pole, with contingency projects included to use additional funds if they become available.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Planning Commission approved a bundled FAST (Fast Improvement) resurfacing program on Jan. 14, 2025, voting 9-0 to adopt staff findings and forward the local planning authority recommendation to the Chena Riverfront Commission where required.
The package, submitted by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities in cooperation with the Fairbanks Area Surface Transportation planning staff, covers repaving, milling, crack repairs, drainage work, pathway surface upgrades and limited vegetation/guardrail work at nine locations across Fairbanks and North Pole, with an estimated construction budget of about $2,000,000. Staff said the funding comes from Federal Highway Administration FAST program allocations and is intended for low‑cost, safety‑related preventive maintenance.
The planning staff presented project-level examples to the commission: West Tanana Drive (repave, roughly 1,600 linear feet), Eighth Avenue repaving and storm drain work in Doyon…
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