FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – Funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is once again slated to head to Alaska. A press release on Friday, September 6 from Alaska’s U.S. Representative Mary Peltola announced that more than $25 million is being allocated to the 49th State via the safe streets and roads for all program.
It is going to four locations across the state, Anchorage, Gustavus, Valdez, and the Native Village of Kivalina. The vast majority of the funds, more than $24 million, are expected in Anchorage for the Bragaw Street corridor, designed to make the 1.5 mile stretch safer through channelizing right turns, improving bike lanes, and putting space between the road and its sidewalks, among other plans.
Kivalina, meanwhile, will see teens and young adults getting education on safely using E-bikes, and seniors receiving safety training for pedestrians.
In the press release, Peltola was quoted as saying, “This funding is a major win for safer travel in Alaska communities. The future of road infrastructure in Kivalina, Gustavus, and Valdez is bright, and improvements under the Bragaw Street Corridor project will keep Anchorage families safer as they commute to work and school.”
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