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DOT&PF invites you to attend an open house for the Katlian Bay Road Project 67672
Date: March 18, 2015
Time: 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Room E, Harrigan Centennial Hall
330 Harbor Drive, Sitka
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Southcoast Region, seeks public input on a proposed new state funded road project in the vicinity of Katlian Bay, in the City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska, on Baranof Island.
The Katlian Bay Road project would construct approximately 9 miles of new single-lane, unpaved road with bridge crossings from Halibut Point Road, along the south shore of Katlian Bay across the Katlian River, ending 4 miles east of the Katlian Bay estuary between Shee Atika and U.S. Forest Service Lands.
The project would
• Construct 9 miles of new unpaved single-lane road with a design speed of 25 mph
between the end of Halibut Point Road & the new USFS trailhead / Parking Area
• Add bridges across Katlian River and other smaller streams
• Rehabilitate part of the existing USFS road
• Add pullouts & lookouts to Katlian Bay
• Add a turnaround with parking & day use facilities at the new trailhead to USFS lands
• Be constructed and open for year-round use
• Cross Alaska State lands, USFS-managed lands & Shee Atika lands Construction is projected for late 2016
The new Katlian Bay Road would provide recreational and subsistence opportunities on Baranof Island within the U.S. Forest Service Sitka Ranger District, provide access to Native Corporation (Shee Atika) lands, and would provide access to potential material sources for possible future development.
DOT&PF is currently evaluating the social, economic, and environmental impacts of this project. DOT&PF must also determine whether this project would impact cultural or historic properties.
If you have any information that would assist in these determinations, please provide your comments while attending the open house or by mailing, emailing or faxing them to the contacts below.
You may email your comments to: katlianbayroad@alaska.gov or you may send comments via fax or mail to:
Deborah Holman, Project Administrative Coordinator
DOT&PF, Southcoast Region
P.O. Box 112506
Juneau AK 99801-2506
FAX: 907-465-2016
You may also find more project information and submit comments at our website at
http://dot.alaska.gov/sereg/projects/sitka_katlianbayroad/index.shtml
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COMMENTS will be accepted by mail, email or fax, until 4:00 pm on Friday, April 3 2015.
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If you or someone you represent requires special accommodations in order to respond to this public notice or to attend the open house, please call or email the project coordinator or call Alaska Relay Ask the communications assistant to call the contact listed in this public notice so arrangements can be made to assist you. Call:
(800) 770-8973 for TTY (800) 770-8255 for voice
(800) 770-3919 for ASCII (866) 355-6198 for STS