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DOT&PF Notice to Begin Engineering & Environmental Studies: Ketchikan Water Street Bridge NBI #797 Strengthening

Project # SSHWY00496

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is proposing repairs to the Ketchikan Water Street Bridge #797 in order to increase its vehicular load carrying capacity to remove the current traffic restrictions in place near the Bauer Way Alley.

The proposed project includes rehabilitation work to concrete beams located on the underside of the bridge to increase the bridge load rating. This will strengthen the bridge to all legal loads without restrictions and allow for unrestricted parking and pedestrian access once again.

The proposed project does not involve a regulatory floodway but will necessitate encroachments to the unmapped floodplain. The encroachments are anticipated to be minor, with no net changes to the base flood elevation, thus they are not likely to result in significant encroachments. Additionally, no longitudinal encroachments are anticipated.

Construction is projected to occur in spring/summer 2024.

The proposed project would comply with all applicable authorities including:
• Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
• Clean Air and Clean Water Acts
• Endangered Species Act
• EO-12898, Environmental Justice
• EO-11988, Floodplain Management
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Management Act
• National Historic Preservation Act - Section 106
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Archaeological Resources Protection Act
• Executive Order 11988, Protection of Wetlands
• Executive Order 13112, Invasive Species
• Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department of Transportation Act
• Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• Executive Order 13186, Responsibilities of Federal Agencies to Protect Migratory Birds • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
• Anadromous Fish Conservation Act
• 16 U.S.C. 662, Section 2 of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
• 33 U.S.C. 403, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899

DOT&PF is soliciting comments on the proposed project. Your comments would help us evaluate potential environmental, social, and economic impacts of this project, as well as impacts to historic and cultural resources.

Please submit your written comments to:
Christy Gentemann, Environmental Impact Analyst
DOT&PF Southcoast Region
P.O. Box 112506
Juneau, AK 99801-2506
Phone: (907) 465-4524
Fax: (907) 465-4414
Email: christy.gentemann@alaska.gov

To ensure that all possible factors are considered, please provide comments via email, fax, or mailing address by July 17, 2023.

It is the policy of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) that no person shall be excluded from participation in, or be denied benefits of, any and all programs or activities we provide based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, ability, or national origin, regardless of the funding source including Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State of Alaska funds. DOT&PF complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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 711, or call (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 project coordinator listed above so arrangements can be made to assist you.

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Created 6/14/2023 11:18:28 AM by asaggiomo

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Department: Transportation and Public Facilities
Category: Public Notices
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Location(s): Ketchikan, Southcoast Region
Project/Regulation #: SSHWY00496
 
Publish Date: 6/17/2023
Archive Date: 7/18/2023
 
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