17 AAC 05.170. Project classification

(a) The department will classify projects in one of the following categories:

(1) the National Highway System, including ferries and terminals;

(2) the Alaska Highway System;

(3) the Community Transportation Program; and

(4) the Trails and Recreational Access for Alaskans (TRAAK) Program.

(b) Highways in the National Highway System and the Alaska Highway System are eligible for inclusion in the STIP but are not evaluated by the department under 17 AAC 05.175. Except for projects to which 17 AAC 05.200 applies, the department will evaluate the projects within the Community Transportation Program and the Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska Program by the scoring criteria under 17 AAC 05.175.

(c) The Alaska Highway System includes existing or planned surface facilities that are of statewide significance though not included in the National Highway System. The Alaska Highway System specifically includes

(1) marine vessels and facilities, including

(A) Alaska Marine Highway System terminals and vessels that are not included in the National Highway System; and

(B) terminals and vessels owned and operated by political subdivisions of the state that provide service between communities in the state;

(2) Craig-Klawock-Hollis Highway, from Craig to Clark Bay;

(3) Copper River Highway, from Cordova to end;

(4) Denali Highway, from Richardson Highway to Parks Highway;

(5) Aleknagik Lake Road, from Kanakanak Road to the village of Aleknagik;

(6) Edgerton Highway and McCarthy Road, from Richardson Highway to end;

(7) Elliott Highway, from the Dalton Highway junction to end;

(8) Glacier Highway, from the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal to Echo Cove;

(9) Klawock Airport Road, from Klawock Airport to Big Salt Lake Road;

(10) Big Salt Lake Road, from Craig-Klawock-Hollis Highway to end;

(11) Hope Highway, from Seward Highway to Hope;

(12) Thorne Bay Road, from Big Salt Lake Road to Thorne Bay;

(13) North Prince of Wales Road, from the Big Salt Lake Road junction to the Coffman Cove junction;

(14) King Salmon-Naknek Road, from Naknek to King Salmon;

(15) Nabesna Road, from Tok Cutoff to Nabesna;

(16) Nome-Teller Highway, from Nome to Teller;

(17) Nome-Council Highway, from Nome to Council;

(18) Kougarok Road (Nome-Taylor Highway), from Nome-Council Highway to its end at the historic community of Taylor;

(19) Steese Highway, from the Elliott Highway junction to Circle Hot Springs;

(20) Minto Spur, from Elliott Highway to Minto;

(21) Northway Road, from Alaska Highway to Northway;

(22) Mentasta Road, from Tok Cutoff to Mentasta;

(23) Lake Louise Road, from Glenn Highway to Lake Louise;

(24) Clear Road/Anderson Road, from Parks Highway to Anderson;

(25) Chena Hot Springs Road, from Steese Highway to Chena Hot Springs;

(26) Old Glenn Highway, from Palmer to the Glenn Highway;

(27) Palmer-Wasilla Highway, from Glenn Highway to Parks Highway;

(28) Petersville Road, from Parks Highway to end;

(29) Talkeetna Road, from Parks Highway to end;

(30) Taylor Highway, from Alaska Highway to Eagle;

(31) Top of the World Highway, from Taylor Highway to Canadian border;

(32) North Tongass Highway, from the Ketchikan Airport Ferry Terminal to end;

(33) South Tongass Highway, from Bawden Street to end;

(34) Pile Bay Road, from Williamsport to Pile Bay;

(35) Eureka to Rampart Road, from Elliott Highway to Rampart;

(36) Chiniak Highway, from Sargent Creek Road to Pasagshak Road;

(37) Pasagshak Road, from Chiniak Highway to the Kodiak Missile Launch Complex;

(38) Rezanof Drive West, from Airport Terminal Road to Chiniak Highway;

(39) Anton Larson Bay Road, from Cape Chiniak Road to milepost 12.3;

(40) Mitkof Highway, from the Petersburg Ferry Terminal to the planned ferry terminal on the south end of Mitkof Island;

(41) Chignik Connector, a planned route linking Chignik to Chignik Lagoon and Chignik Lake;

(42) South Naknek Access, a planned route crossing the Naknek River from South Naknek to King Salmon-Naknek Road; and

(43) Iliamna to Nondalton Road.

(d) Projects in the Community Transportation Program include surface transportation facilities of local or regional significance that are owned by the state or its political subdivisions, that are not included in the National Highway System, and that are not included in the Alaska Highway System. Project categories in this program include rural and urban streets, remote roads and trails, transit projects, and intelligent transportation systems.

(e) Projects in the Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska (TRAAK) Program

(1) are those that qualify for financing under

(A) 16 U.S.C. 460l-4 - 460l-11 (Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965);

(B) 23 U.S.C. 206 (Recreational Trails Program); or

(C) the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-240) and subsequent amendments and reauthorizations; and

(2) include trails that tie neighborhoods, parks, and commercial areas together, bike and pedestrian trails, trail heads, interpretive waysides, picnic areas, and rest stops.

History: Eff. 3/8/2002, Register 161

Authority: AS 19.05.020

AS 19.05.030

AS 19.10.140

AS 44.42.030

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