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DOT details long-range Parks Highway separated-path plans; borough applies for Cantwell design funding
Summary
State Department of Transportation (DOT) presented design concepts and schedule for a multi-section Denali Borough separated-paths project and the Healy Area School pedestrian paths; borough staff and DOT urged public comment and the assembly approved a grant application to seek design funds for a Cantwell-area section.
The State of Alaska Department of Transportation on Oct. 8 presented preliminary designs and a timeline for the Denali Borough separated-paths project (DBP) and the Healy Area School pedestrian paths, explaining design sections, surface choices and a goal of constructing selected segments in 2027.
DOT project manager Jenny Wright told the Denali Borough Assembly the DBP is being developed in bite-sized sections (Carlo Creek to old Parks Highway, a railroad-crossing segment near mileposts ~234–237, and the Antler Creek-to-Suntrona and Suntrona-to-Stampede segments). Wright said construction funding is secured for the Antler-to-Suntrona section through Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds, while other sections are in design and being pursued for Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) or other grants. Typical path design is a 10-foot paved trail with 2-foot gravel shoulders (14-foot total) where…
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