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2010 Northern Region Transportation Forum
Highway System Overview
Frank Richards, P.E.
Deputy Commissioner
October 22, 2010
Overview
• Mission
• DOT&PF Organization
• Funding
• Natural Gas Pipeline
• Stimulus Projects
• Ports and Harbors
• Access for Resource Development
• Successes
• Department Challenges
• Communication
DOT&PF’s Mission
Provide for the safe movement of people and goods and the delivery of state services.
DOT&PF Org ChartCommissioner
AviationAdvisory Board
Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority
Special Assistants
Internal Review
Contract Appeals &
Stwd. Procurement
Civil Rights
Northern Region
Southeast Region
Central Region
Deputy CommissionerHighways and
Public FacilitiesDeputy Commissioner
Aviation Deputy Commissioner/
Marine Operations (AMHS)
Ted StevensAnchorage Int’l Airport
Fairbanks Int’l Airport
AIAS Controller
Statewide Aviation
Airport LeasingGeneral Manager
AMHS
Operations
Marine Engineering
Alaska International Airport System (AIAS
Executive Director
Business Enterprise and Development
Statewide Administrative Services
Division
Transportation Management &
Security
Statewide Design andEngineering Services
Division
Division of Program Development
Measurement Standards & Commercial VehicleEnforcement Division
Marine TransportationAdvisory Board
Statewide Equipment Fleet
Statewide Facilities
Three Regions
15,221 = lane miles statewide8,843 = lane miles northern region
= National Highway System= Alaska Highway System
FY01 – FY10 Operating Budget by Fund Source
$0
$100,000,000
$200,000,000
$300,000,000
$400,000,000
$500,000,000
$600,000,000
FY2001 Actuals
FY2002 Actuals
FY2003 Actuals
FY2004 Actuals
FY2005 Actuals
FY2006 Actuals
FY2007 Actuals
FY2008 Actuals
FY2009 Actuals
FY2010 Actuals
Fed/Other Funds
General Funds
$329,321,100 $334,360,400
$354,391,800$367,517,100
$400,380,500
$460,102,300
$491,324,10$507,907,00 $519,782,800
$536,099,800
FY01 – FY10 Northern Region Operating Budget
$0
$100,000,000
$200,000,000
$300,000,000
$400,000,000
$500,000,000
$600,000,000
FY2001 Actuals
FY2002 Actuals
FY2003 Actuals
FY2004 Actuals
FY2005 Actuals
FY2006 Actuals
FY2007 Actuals
FY2008 Actuals
FY2009 Actuals
FY2010 Actuals
Northern Region
Other Regions and Divisions
$329,321,100 $334,360,400
$354,391,800 $367,517,100
$400,380,500
$460,102,300
$491,324,100$507,907,000
$519,782,80$536,099,800
Maintenance• FY10 Maintenance Expenditures
– Operating (all funds)• Facilities $23.9 million• Highways & Airports $138.6 million
– Capital (all funds) • Highways $ 65.1 million
• Aviation $ 6.3 million
• FY11 Maintenance Planned– Operating (all funds)
• Facilities $23.3 million• Highways and Airports $143.5 million
– Capital (all funds) • Highways $65.0 million• Aviation $13.6 million
Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
• Certifies the accuracy of all weighing and measuring devices used in commerce, including
– Scales at
• Grocery stores for weighing fruits, vegetables, bulk items
• Airports for weighing freight
– Dispensing devices such as gas pumps
– Scanners used at check out counters
• Ensures commercial vehicles meet the weight limits imposed on roads to prevent damage
• Issues permits for overweight vehicles
• Implements and operates the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Network
Safety Programs
Highway Safety Corridors
511 Program
Road Weather Information System
Intelligent Transportation System for Commercial Vehicles
Safe Routes to School
Highway Safety Corridors
• Designated Corridors– Seward Highway
– Parks Highway
– Knik/Goose Bay Road
– Sterling Highway
• Enforcement
• Education
• Engineering
FY04- FY11 Capital Budgetby Fund Source
$0
$200,000,000
$400,000,000
$600,000,000
$800,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$1,200,000,000
$1,400,000,000
$1,600,000,000
$1,800,000,000
FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
Other Funds (IARF, HWCF, SDPR, NTSC, etc)
Federal Receipts
General Funds
$1,185,859,100
$1,078,534,700
$1,719,573,400
$884,118,000
$1,425,062,500
$989,391,300
$1,009,500,800
$903,732,700
Northern Region Capital BudgetFY04 – FY11 by Fund Source
$0
$50,000,000
$100,000,000
$150,000,000
$200,000,000
$250,000,000
$300,000,000
$350,000,000
$400,000,000
FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
Federal Receipts
General Funds / Other
$227,234,100
$160,921,500
$238,454,700
$345,046,800
$151,492,800$151,130,700
$265,979,600
$187,521,500
Funding Challenges
• $8 billion worth of need
• Highway Safety Corridors = $1 billion
• Federal funds shrinking
• State general funding is erratic
• Gasline infrastructure
Natural Gas Pipeline
• Goal - a transportation system that contributes to construction efficiencies
• Identified and prioritized needs
• Working on highest priorities
• In –State Gasline Development Team
Note:
1. 5 construction seasons 2011 – 2015
2. Alaska construction season May – Oct
3. Pipeline construction—winter only in permafrost
4. Pipeline logistics start in earnest after project sanction
5. DOT focus: Dalton Hwy (common to all projects) and bridges on
Alaska and Richardson Highways
American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• $300 million statewide for transportation
• $258 million to DOT&PF
– 29 projects highway projects
– 8 airport projects
– 12 transit projects
• http://www.dot.state.ak.us/econstim
25 State-owned Harbors
74 harbors transferred to local government
Seiners at Kodiak Harbor
Ports and Harbors
Alaska Regional Ports Conference Nov. 18, 2010 Egan Center, Anchorage
• Established in 2006 providing financial assistance to municipal harbor facilities
• Requires annual appropriation from the Legislature
• 50/50 matching grants
• Grants: $5M cap per year per facility, $50K minimum
• Locally managed projects
• Tier I Grants
– only available to previously state owned facilities in need of major maintenance/repair,
– one time only eligibility
• Tier II Grants
– available to all municipal harbor facilities, including those having received Tier I grant.
– Facilities are eligible for multiple Tier II grants
Municipal Harbor Grants Program
AKUTAN
HARBOR
JNU DOUGLAS HBR
UNALASKA
HARBOR
PORT LIONS HBR
SAND POINT
HARBOR
SEWARD HARBOR
CHIGNIK
HARBOR
ST PAUL
HARBOR
FALSE
PASS
HARBOR
UNALALEET
HARBOR
CRAIG
HARBOR
DILLINGHAM HBR
HAINES HARBOR
HOMER HBR
O&M
KTN KNUDSEN COVE
HARBOR
NINILCHIK HBR O&M
WHITTIER HARBOR
YAKUTAT DOCK
OLD HARBOR
CURRENT HARBOR PROJECTS
KDK ST. HERMAN HBR
LEGEND
Municipal Harbor Facility Grants
Matching funds for USACE projects
KING COVE HBR THORNE BAY
FLOAT
USACE O&M dredging projects
PORT OF ANCHORAGE
O&MPORT OF NOME
COOK INLET
O&M
BETHEL
HARBOR O&M PORT
MACKENZIE
VALDEZ HARBOR
Governor’s Initiatives
• Deferred maintenance
• Highway safety corridors
• Road to Umiat
• Western Access
• Road to Ambler
• Dalton Highway
Successes
• Reduced backlog of deferred maintenance
• ARRA
• Tanana Bridge
• GO Bond projects
• Dalton Highway Improvements
• Emergency Responses
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Taylor Highway 2010
Key Department Challenges
• Preserving and protecting Alaska’s infrastructure
• Gasline
• Air quality issues
• Highway & aviation federal authorization bills - funding levels
• Recruiting and retaining staff
• Stabilized general fund budget
• Ever increasing environmental requirements
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CAA
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SWDA
HBA
NHPA
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FAHA
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CAA
WSRA
EAA
NEPA
RRA
URA
WBA
CWA
CZMA
ESA
SDWA
FNWA
MSFCMA
RCRA
CWA
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ARPA
CERCLA
ANILCA
LAA
FPPA
CBRA
HSWA
SDWA
EWRA
CWA
URA
STURAA
STURAA
NAGPRA
CZARA
ADA
CAA
ISTEA
SNRTA
EO12898
EO13007
SDWA
EO13061
EO13089
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EO13112
EO13148
EO13186
CAA
Federal Environmental Requirements Affecting Transportation
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Communications
• Web pages
– www.dot.alaska.gov
• GovDelivery
• 511
• Road Weather Information System
• Working on project descriptions with updates for all our active projects
Public Information Officers
Northern Region –Meadow Bailey at 451-2240
Central Region – Rick Feller at 269-0772
Southeast Region and Statewide - Roger Wetherell at 465-8894
Thank You