DOT plans to extend clear cutting to mile 99 of Parks Highway
by Diana Haecker ~ October 6th, 2010
With construction season winding down, the Parks Highway improvement project between Willow and Kashwintna is about to be shut down for the winter. The Department of Transportation’s project manager Steve Frey and design project manager Jim Amundsen gave an outlook of what Parks Highway motorists and residents can expect with future plans to improve the highway.
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* For information or comments contact design project manager Jim Amundsen at (907) 269-0595 or jim [dot] amundsen [at] alaska [dot] gov
October 6th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
While the continued improvement of the Parks Highway north of Kashwitna is necessary to improve the safety of a notoriously dangerous section of road, it is ridiculously short-sited not to include construction of a separated bike/pedestrian trail in the design. The bike trail along the Talkeetna Spur Road is much more heavily used than ANY of the bike/pedestrian trails in Palmer/Wasilla, and we would love to see this enthusiasm for active transportation spread south.