It is the purpose of AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.251 to provide for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails that are not included in the approved federal-aid primary highway systems eligible for federal-state matching funds.
The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to carry out AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.241.
The state is divided into five allocation districts as follows: (1) The boundary of allocation district one begins in Kamishak Bay at 59° 15´ N, 154° 00´W; and travels north along longitude line 154° 00´W to latitude 63° 00´N; thence east along latitude line 63° 00´N to a point common with the boundaries of allocations […]
(a) During each fiscal year the commissioner shall allocate sums appropriated or otherwise designated for expenditure upon local service roads for that fiscal year among the five allocation districts in the following manner: one-half in the ratio that the area of each allocation district bears to the total area of the state and one-half in […]
Before October 1 of each fiscal year each local government eligible for allocation of funds under AS 19.30.131 shall submit to the commissioner for approval a five-year plan for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails. Before December 1 of each fiscal year the commissioner shall submit to the governor a five-year […]
(a) Upon application by a local government, local service roads and trails constructed under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.241 and located within the jurisdictional boundaries of a local government may be transferred to that local government upon approval by the department and after a vote of the people in the area. (b) The […]
Design standards, rights-of-way, and widths for each local service road and trail project must have the prior approval of the commissioner, unless the project is under the supervision of a local government that has assumed local road powers. Where approval is required the commissioner must make a decision within 90 days after the Department of […]
(a) The local government shall acquire all rights-of-way required for local service road and trail construction. However, if the local government is unable to acquire the necessary right-of-way, the commissioner may acquire it in accordance with AS 19.05.080 – 19.05.120. The commissioner may convey to the local government, by appropriate instrument executed in the name […]
A local government that has assumed local road powers may enter into a formal project agreement with the commissioner for the acquisition and construction of a specific project.
(a) [Repealed, § 15 ch 158 SLA 1980.] (b) Contracts entered into by a local government that has assumed local road powers for the construction of each project shall be awarded only on the basis of the lowest responsible bid submitted by a bidder meeting established criteria of responsibility. (c) All contracts by a local […]
Except as provided under AS 19.30.161, the construction of a local service road or trail undertaken by the department or under its direct supervision under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.241 shall be performed according to approved design standards and is subject to the inspection and approval of the commissioner. All construction work done […]
(a) The department shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, any project constructed by the department under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.241, except that upon mutual agreement of the commissioner and the local government the responsibility for maintenance may be transferred to the local government if it is authorized to assume road maintenance […]
(a) On and after the date that the commissioner has certified the sums allocated to each local government, the sums shall be available for expenditure under the provisions of this chapter. (b) These allocated sums shall be available for expenditure for a period of five years after the close of the fiscal year for which […]
In AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.241, (1) “construction” means the building of a new road, street, or trail or the improvement of existing roads, streets or trails, and includes the necessary preliminary engineering, construction engineering and utility relocation; (2) “home rule city” means a city as defined in AS 29.04.010; (3) “local government” means an organized […]
Road construction and maintenance authority is granted to local governments, as defined in AS 19.30.241, which do not otherwise have that authority; however, the authority granted is limited to participation in the construction and maintenance of local service roads under AS 19.30.111 – 19.30.241.
