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Legislature sets Tuesday hearing on state transportation plan

The transportation committees of the Legislature plan to hold a joint hearing Tuesday at 10 a.m. on the proposed Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.

For more information on the plan and the process, check out this site.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says comments on the draft plan can be made online at www.dot.alaska.gov/stip, via text message at 855-925-2801, or voice mail at 855-925-2801, enter Pin 2191, and leave a message.

At the moment, comments are due Sept. 3.

Key flaws in the plan have been identified by the local transportation organizations in Fairbanks and Anchorage about the lack of local involvement and the insertion of projects into the plan that had not been reviewed.

Here are some of the issues raised by the Anchorage planning group:

Here are some of the issues raised by the Fairbanks planning group: