Planned Transportation Spending
An examination of Alaska’s 2011-2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program* reveals that road maintenance/minor widening projects account for the largest chunk of planned spending (22 percent). Bridge capacity expansion projects follow at 19 percent of the STIP. This category includes $540 million for the Knik Arm Bridge, a planned public-private partnership. New road capacity projects make up 15 percent of the STIP’s spending; this category includes the Knik Arm Crossing access roads ($173 million) as well as the Juneau Access Project ($48 million), a project currently on hold due to litigation. Transit projects make up 12 percent of the STIP’s spending. Bridge maintenance/replacement projects and projects classified as “other” each make up 10 percent, and road and bridge maintenance projects ** comprise 7 percent of the planned spending. Safety projects account for 3 percent, and bicycle/pedestrian projects comprise 1 percent. Road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) also make up 1 percent of the STIP. share
Proposed Spending, FY 2011-FY2013*
Project Type | Cost (Millions) | |
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Total | $3,024.85 | |
Bridge Maintenance/Replacement | $299.56 | |
Road Maintenance/Minor Widening | $660.66 | |
Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components | $42.65 | |
New Road Capacity | $453.08 | |
Transit | $348.64 | |
Bicycle/Pedestrian | $32.36 | |
Safety | $101.25 | |
Bridge Capacity Expansion | $562.91 | |
Road and Bridge Maintenance/Replacement** | $223.34 | |
Other | $300.40 |
* The Alaska DOT provided information for 2011-2013.
** Certain projects, due to environmental and logistical reasons, include both bridge and road components; the analysis classifies projects that could not be broken into either category as road and bridge maintenance/replacement.
Percentage of STIP by project type
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bmr10
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rmmw22
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rbbp1
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nrc15
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tran12
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bp1
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sfty3
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bce19
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rbmr10
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othr10