Sec. 19.05.010. Department to supervise highway system.

The department is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance, protection, and control of the state highway system.

Sec. 19.05.020. Regulations.

The department shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of AS 19.05 – AS 19.25. The regulations may not conflict with AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code) or regulations adopted by the Department of Administration to implement that chapter.

Sec. 19.05.030. Duties of department.

The department has the following duties: (1) direct approved highway planning and construction and maintenance, protection, and control of highways; (2) employ assistants and employees; (3) certify and approve vouchers; (4) provide a program of highway research; (5) prepare a budget; (6) review the annual highway program; (7) develop and implement an avalanche control plan […]

Sec. 19.05.040. Powers of department.

The department may (1) acquire property; (2) exercise the power of eminent domain; (3) take immediate possession of real property, or any interest in real property under a declaration of taking or by other lawful means; (4) acquire rights-of-way for present or future use; (5) control access to highways; (6) regulate roadside development; (7) preserve […]

Sec. 19.05.043. Child safety device loan program.

(a) There is established a child safety device loan program in the highway safety planning agency in the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. (b) The director of the highway safety planning agency shall design the child safety device loan program to work in conjunction with private and federal programs operating in the state and […]

Sec. 19.05.050. Roads in tourist and trailer camps.

The department may adopt regulations governing the use of roads in tourist, trailer, and other camps when public and private roads in or through the camps are used by, or are open to, the general public.

Sec. 19.05.060. Sale of obsolete equipment and material.

The department may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of obsolete machinery, equipment, and material no longer needed, required, or useful for construction or maintenance purposes. Money derived from the sale of the property shall be credited to the funds from which the purchase was originally made.

Sec. 19.05.070. Vacating and disposing of land and rights in land.

(a) The department may vacate land, or part of it, or rights in land acquired for highway purposes, by executing and filing a deed in the appropriate recording district. Upon filing, title to the vacated land or interest in land inures to the owners of the adjacent real property in the manner and proportion considered […]