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The State of Alaska, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Southcoast Region is conducting preliminary planning and design work to construct a new ship berthing facility and ferry terminal in Ward Cove for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS).  The AMHS Ward Cove Marine Facility Project is intended to provide functional replacement for the existing AMHS South Berth Facility in Ketchikan and to consolidate all Ketchikan-based AMHS engineering and management functions of the Ward Cove property. The planned marine facility consists of a pile supported trestle, rock fill causeway, steel transfer bridge, steel or concrete mooring float, and associated mooring dolphin structures.

DOT&PF has issued a Best Interest Finding and final decision to adjust the property boundary of a parcel of state land through a “plat alteration” in order to accommodate its proposed AMHS Ward Cove Marine Facility project.  The plat alteration will require the exchange of a parcel of state land (Parcel 1, 7.22 acres) for a privately owned parcel (Parcel 2, 11.08 acres) of submerged lands owned by Power Systems and Supplies of Alaska, LLC (PSSI).

The land change complies with the  following authorities:

17 AAC 10.100-130

Comments concerning the decision to complete the proposed land exchange will be received for the next 30 days.   Please submit your written comments to:

Joanne Schmidt, Right of Way Agent

       DOT&PF, Southcoast Region         Phone:  907-465-4517

       P.O. Box 112506                             Fax:  907-465-8485  

       Juneau AK 99811-2506                E-mail:  joanne.schmidt@alaska.gov


If you or someone you represent requires special accommodations in order to respond to this public notice, please call or email the project coordinator listed above or call Alaska Relay at 


      (800) 770-8973 for TTY           (800) 770-8255 for voice


      (800) 770-3919 for ASCII        (866) 355-6198 for STS


Ask the communications assistant to call the DOT&PF contact listed above so arrangements can be made to assist you.


COMMENTS MUST BE IN WRITING AND SUBMITTED EITHER BY POSTAL MAIL OR EMAIL, AND ARE REQUESTED BY the close of business, 5:00 pm, on October 22, 2017.