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Commission approves Glen Highway/Highland Road interchange plans-in-hand review
Summary
The commission unanimously approved the 65% plans-in-hand for Glen Highway/Highland Road interchange improvements, endorsing a diverging-diamond-style design with roundabouts, a center-running shared-use path on the existing bridge, and cost and maintenance findings.
The Urban Design Commission voted 6–0 to approve case 2026-0051, the Glen Highway and Highland Road interchange improvements plans-in-hand review, after a detailed presentation by Alaska Department of Transportation staff and a full round of commissioner questions.
Galen Jones of Alaska DOT presented the preferred alternative — a diverging-diamond configuration with roundabouts at each end — intended to reduce heavy morning queueing on the westbound-to-southbound movement and to improve operations and non-motorized safety without replacing the existing bridge. "Improving operations will improve…
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