(a) The legislature finds and declares that there is an immediate need for a public highway from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean and that this public highway should be constructed by the State of Alaska at this time because (1) it will assist in the fulfillment of art. VIII, Sec. 1, Constitution of […]
The highway is named the James Dalton Highway.
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, the department may contract in accordance with AS 36.30 for the construction of a secondary highway from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean. The provisions of AS 36.10 govern in employment practices on all work authorized by this chapter. (b) The authority granted under (a) of this […]
The department, in place of the bonds or individual sureties required by AS 36.25.010, may accept corporate undertakings that include the same essential provisions of the bonds or individual sureties required by AS 36.25.010 and that are satisfactory to the department.
The Alaska Net Income Tax Act and the Alaska Business License Act do not apply to any money received by the general contractor from the state under a highway construction contract authorized under this chapter if the money is to be paid to a subcontractor for work performed under the construction contract. The money received […]
In accordance with AS 19.10.015, the width of this highway is designated as 200 feet.
Construction authorized under AS 19.40.020 – 19.40.050 may not be undertaken until all of the following conditions are met: (1) certification by the commissioners of natural resources and fish and game that adequate precautions have been taken to protect and preserve the total ecology of the area traversed; (2) certification by the commissioner of transportation […]
All departments and agencies of the state are given the specific authority to adopt under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) emergency, temporary, and permanent regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of AS 19.40.020 – 19.40.050. The violation of any regulation adopted under AS 19.40.020 – 19.40.050 is a misdemeanor and upon conviction the person is […]
In the event of a conflict between this chapter and any other law of this state, the provisions of this chapter govern and supersede any such other law.
Renumbered as AS 19.40.290.
(a) The department shall maintain the highway and keep it open to industrial or commercial traffic throughout the year. (b) In this section “industrial or commercial traffic” means (1) travel necessary and related to resource exploration and development or to support of those activities, if the individual engaged in those activities has all necessary permits; […]
The department shall maintain the section of the highway between the Yukon River and Dietrich Camp and shall keep that section of the highway open to use by the public between June 1 and September 1 each year.
The provisions of AS 19.10.100 apply to the closure of the highway by the department.
(a) The state may not dispose of state land under AS 38 which is within five miles of the right-of-way of the highway. (b) The prohibition on disposal of state land under (a) of this section does not apply to a disposal (1) to a licensed public utility or a licensed common carrier under AS […]
(a) Off-road vehicles are prohibited on land within the highway corridor. However, this prohibition does not apply to (1) off-road vehicles necessary for oil and gas exploration, development, production, or transportation; (2) a person who holds a mining claim in the vicinity of the highway and who must use land in the highway corridor to […]
In this chapter, “highway” means the secondary highway from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean.
