Federal COVID-19 relief funding enables 18-month budget for Alaska Marine Highway System; plan will provide stability in budgeting, scheduling JUNEAU – The Alaska Marine Highway System, after years of struggling through budget uncertainty, now has a clear path to stability in budgeting and scheduling due to a deal between legislative leaders and the governor to […]
AST reports that the driver of a 2019 Volkswagen Golf died in a collision at mile 30 of the Seward Highway on Tuesday afternoon. At 1:33 pm on January 12th, the Golf was traveling on the highway headed north at a high rate of speed and crashed into the rear end of a DOT road […]
Troopers report a fatal collision between an Ester Fire Volunteer Fire Department pickup and a water tanker truck near mile 354 of the Parks Highway that occurred on Tuesday morning. Fairbanks-based troopers, EMS, Fire, and DOT Commercial Motor Vehicle Officers responded to the scene after the accident was called in at approximately 8:35 am […]
Multiple year highway safety project starts next week with lane closures (ANCHORAGE, Alaska)—The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and contractor, HI-TECH Rockfall Construction, will start work next week to secure rocks at seven locations between MP 104-114 on the Seward Highway. The seven locations were selected for improvements based on the […]