The goal is to improve safety and reunite the Fairview neighborhood near downtown that’s divided by the current connection.
Major Anchorage projects would change how the Seward and Glenn highways connect. But a smaller idea has traction.
The idea of building a new highway link has been tossed about for decades, but the high costs of construction and other public concerns Allen Kemplen, president of the Fairview Community Council, said the state’s proposed projects are too large and could force large numbers of homes and businesses to relocate.
The project is in an early phase. Costs and funding sources haven’t been determined. But federal funding is expected to pay for it, Jones said. It will take several years to design and build, if not decades, and will likely be constructed in phases. Reducing Gambell and Ingra could provide space to create a safety buffer between pedestrians and traffic, and to store snow,show. The state will run traffic modeling to see how well the idea would work, and for how long, Jones said.pedestrian crash rates in the transportation region that includes Anchorage and Wasilla. The area also has high vehicle crash rates.
Kelly Ittenbach, the Fairview council secretary, said she supports the alternative over the Chester Creek greenbelt. It has less impact on private property, and she said a bridge can be attractively designed with nice lighting.“You’ll still have really fast traffic flow and it doesn’t reconnect the Fairview community,” she said.
said she’s concerned about the loss of housing and businesses. A large highway connection could also disconnect new parts of the city. Walking tour participants walk across four lanes of traffic at Ingra Street and Ninth Avenue on March 4. Kemplen said many people in Fairview can’t afford cars, so they often walk. One slip and a person could be severely injured or die, he said.
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