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AK Stat § 19.05.123 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 05. Administration|Article 2. Acquisition of Property.|Sec. 19.05.123. Fairbanks - Seward Peninsula transportation and utility corridor.

(a) Subject to legislative appropriation, the department shall identify and delineate a proposed transportation and utility corridor between Fairbanks and the western end of the Seward Peninsula. (b) In performing the work required by (a) of this section, (1) the railroad alignment and identification of a railroad right-of-way of not less than 500 feet, together with adjacent sites that can be developed for necessary construction materials, shall guide the identification and delineation of the corridor; and (2) the department shall consider the following factors: (A) grade and alignment standards that are commensurate with rail and road construction standards; (B) availability of construction materials; (C) safety; (D) impacts on and service to adjacent communities; (E) environmental concerns; (F) use of public land to the maximum degree possible; (G) minimization of probable construction costs; (H) the location of, and the opportunity to obtain access to, identified natural resources that could contribute significantly to the state's economic development; and (I) prior and established traditional uses. (c) Within 90 days after receiving a report transmitting the work of the department under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall, in conformity with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), if necessary, adopt a regulation approving, modifying, or rejecting the proposed corridor. (d) If the commissioner approves or modifies the proposed corridor when presented under (c) of this section, (1) the Department of Natural Resources shall promptly classify, or reclassify, and reserve any state land within the corridor and at adjacent sites that can be developed for necessary construction materials for use as a corridor; and (2) the department shall (A) subject to legislative appropriation, exercise its authority under AS 19.05.040 to acquire rights-of-way across land within the corridor that is subject to the state's power of condemnation; and (B) work with federal officials to secure reclassification and withdrawal of federal land in the corridor for reservations and rights-of-way across the federal land for use as a corridor. (e) The requirements of AS 38.05 (Alaska Land Act) relating to classification and reclassification of land are inapplicable to actions taken under this section. (f) To complete the work required by this section, the commissioner may accept any legal gifts and grants and may enter into contracts or other transactions or agreements relating to it with the federal government, an agency or instrumentality of the state, a municipality, or a private organization. (g) In this section, “corridor” means the transportation and utility corridor required to be identified and delineated by (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 19.05.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 05. Administration|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 19.05.125. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 19.05 - AS 19.25 is to establish a highway department capable of carrying out a highway planning, construction, and maintenance program that will provide a common defense to the United States and Alaska, a network of highways linking together cities and communities throughout the state (thereby contributing to the development of commerce and industry in the state, and aiding the extraction and utilization of its resources), and otherwise improve the economic and general welfare of the people of the state.
AK Stat § 19.10.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.010. Dedication of land for public highways.

A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways. The section line is the center of the dedicated right-of-way. If the highway is vacated, title to the strip inures to the owner of the tract of which it formed a part by the original survey.
AK Stat § 19.10.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.015. Establishment of highway widths.

(a) It is declared that all officially proposed and existing highways on public land not reserved for public uses are 100 feet wide. This section does not apply to highways that are specifically designated to be wider than 100 feet. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a municipality may designate the width of a road that is not a part of the state highway system if the municipality maintains the road.
AK Stat § 19.10.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.020. Designation of state highway system.

The department may designate, locate, create, and determine what highways constitute the state highway system. In designating, locating, creating, and determining the several routes of the state highway system, the department shall strive to attain the purposes and objectives set out in AS 19.05.125.
AK Stat § 19.10.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.030. Responsibility for system.

The department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the state highway system.
AK Stat § 19.10.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.040. Uniform system of marking and posting.

The department shall classify, designate, and mark highways under its jurisdiction and shall provide a uniform system of marking and posting these highways. The system of marking and posting must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
AK Stat § 19.10.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.050. Traffic control signals.

The department shall prescribe types of traffic control signals to regulate traffic on highways. These signals must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials. The department shall adopt uniform regulations for the placing and installation of traffic control signals.
AK Stat § 19.10.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.060. Size, weight, and load provisions; restriction on use of highways; regulations.

(a) The department, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may (1) establish limitations on weight, size, and load of vehicles, except as otherwise provided in AS 19.10.065; (2) prohibit the operation or impose restrictions on vehicular use of highways during certain seasons of the year. (b) The department shall operate motor vehicle weighing stations, issue special written permits authorizing the operation of overweight and oversize vehicles, establish fees for the overweight and oversize vehicle special permits, enforce the size, weight, and load limitations adopted under this section, and establish regulations relating to pilot car services and the enforcement of the size, weight, and load limitations adopted under this section. (c) Except for requirements relating to a commercial motor vehicle driver's licensing program under AS 28, the department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that are necessary to implement federal statutes or regulations that relate to commercial motor vehicles.
AK Stat § 19.10.065 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.065. Operation of farm equipment on highways.

(a) Implements of husbandry, as defined by regulation under AS 28.05.011, are not subject to restrictions adopted under AS 19.10.060(a)(1) unless the implement is the load of another vehicle. Implements of husbandry may be operated on highways subject to the department's jurisdiction without obtaining a permit, as provided in this section. (b) The incidental operation of an implement of husbandry up to 12 feet wide on a state highway is authorized without a permit if the implement (1) is operated only during the period from one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before sunset; (2) displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear of the implement; (3) displays a red flag on the implement in a location that affords greatest visibility; and (4) is moving from one farm operation to another within 50 miles of the home base of the implement of husbandry. (c) An implement of husbandry that is more than 12 feet wide may be operated on a state highway without a permit if it meets the provisions of (b) of this section and is preceded by a pilot car during operation on the highway.
AK Stat § 19.10.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.070. Speed limits and zones.

The department may conduct investigations with the assistance of the Department of Public Safety and shall determine safe speed limits and safe speed zones on highways and other roadways under its jurisdiction.
AK Stat § 19.10.072 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.072. Procedures for determination of speed limits and zones.

(a) In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones, the department shall consider the following factors in the order of priority listed: (1) neighborhood safety, including the presence of children and pedestrian traffic; (2) the presence of schools, houses, parks, and crosswalks; (3) the presence of driveways, parked vehicles, and multiple turn locations; (4) that speed at which safe and prudent drivers could pass through the speed zone; and (5) the effectiveness of local enforcement of the speed zone. (b) In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones within a municipality, the department shall consult with that municipality. In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones on highways and other roadways under its jurisdiction, the department shall also consult with community councils or other community organizations in the affected area if the community councils or other community organizations request in writing to participate in the determination. The department shall provide notice and opportunity for a hearing before establishing a speed limit or speed zone other than as recommended by a municipality, community council, or other community organization.
AK Stat § 19.10.075 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.075. Designation of traffic safety corridors; fines.

(a) To promote traffic safety, the department may designate a portion of a highway to be a traffic safety corridor. The commissioner shall establish criteria for the designation and continuation of traffic safety corridors. In establishing the criteria, the commissioner may consider accident data and reports, the type and volume of vehicular traffic, engineering and traffic studies, and other relevant factors. Before the department designates a traffic safety corridor, the commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety and shall consult with other local, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for traffic safety. A motor vehicle or traffic offense committed in a traffic safety corridor is subject to a double fine as provided in AS 28.90.030. The department shall erect signs designating traffic safety corridors and alerting the public that motor vehicle and traffic offenses committed within a corridor are subject to double fines. A claim for damages may not be made against the state or its officers, employees, or agents for an act or omission relating to the designation of and erection of signs regarding a traffic safety corridor. (b) The legislature may appropriate 50 percent of the fines for offenses committed in a traffic safety corridor imposed under AS 28.90.030 and collected and separately accounted for by the state under AS 37.05.142, to the division of the department responsible for highway safety planning, for highway safety programs.
AK Stat § 19.10.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.080. Designation of through highways.

The department may designate through highways by erecting stop signs at the entrances to them.
AK Stat § 19.10.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.085. Naming of a highway.

(a) A highway constructed by the department under AS 19.05 - AS 19.40 may be given a name only by law. (b) This section does not apply to (1) a road constructed by a municipality under a grant authorized by AS 19.05 - AS 19.40; (2) local service roads and trails.
AK Stat § 19.10.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.090. Erection and maintenance of guard rails.

The department may erect and maintain guard rails, stretch wires, and other devices on highways.
AK Stat § 19.10.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.095. Signs promoting the use of safety belts and child safety devices.

The department may erect and maintain signs encouraging the use of safety belts and child safety devices at the site of a motor vehicle accident where a fatality occurred as the result of a person's failing to use a safety belt or child safety device. This section does not limit the authority of the department to erect or maintain signs to protect the public safety and welfare of persons using the highways of the state.
AK Stat § 19.10.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use.|Sec. 19.10.100. Closing highways.

When it is necessary to exclude traffic from any portion of a highway, the department may close that portion of the highway by posting in a conspicuous manner, at each end of the portion closed, suitable signs warning the public that the road is closed under authority of law, and by erecting suitable obstructions.
AK Stat § 19.10.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 2. Planning.|Sec. 19.10.110. Traffic surveys, plans, and recommendations.

The department may collect, analyze, and interpret physical and economic data needed to measure existing and estimated future highway characteristics such as origin and destination, volumes, speeds, accidents, congestion, parking, pedestrian use of highways, and the economic loss caused by inferior traffic facilities, including the preparation of traffic plans and recommendations.
AK Stat § 19.10.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 2. Planning.|Sec. 19.10.120. Research on highway development.

The department may gather, investigate, and compile information concerning the use, construction, and maintenance of highways, the practices and methods of efficient highway organization, financing, and other information, data and statistics of the state and the extent of the natural resources of road-building materials in the state. The department may enter into agreements with states, municipalities, or research organizations to carry on research and test projects involving highway development. The department may disseminate this information, together with recommendations it considers advisable.
AK Stat § 19.10.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 2. Planning.|Sec. 19.10.130. Inspection and testing of materials and equipment.

The department may inspect and test materials, supplies, equipment, and machinery used by it or by a contractor constructing or maintaining highways in the state, and develop methods and procedures for this inspection and testing.
AK Stat § 19.10.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 2. Planning.|Sec. 19.10.150. Construction program.

Before February 2 of each year, the department shall prepare a statement showing what construction work has been requested and proposed and may be undertaken by the department. The statement must set forth a general itemization of the estimated cost for each project and the total estimates of all projects. The department shall adopt a construction program which must include the projects to be undertaken by it during the following construction season and must establish project priorities. The department may increase, decrease, amend, or revise the construction program from time to time as circumstances warrant.
AK Stat § 19.10.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 2. Planning.|Sec. 19.10.160. Standard plans and specifications; planning for future traffic.

(a) The department shall prepare and adopt uniform standard plans and specifications for the establishment, construction, and maintenance of highways in the state. The department may amend the plans and specifications as it considers advisable. The standards must conform as closely as practicable to those adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. (b) Design for proposed major upgrade and new construction projects for highways in federally recognized metropolitan planning areas must be conducive to safety, durability, and economy of maintenance, and provide for capacity that will adequately serve planned future traffic as set out in this subsection. This subsection does not apply to designs for highway maintenance projects. Proposed major upgrade and new construction projects that are estimated to cost (1) less than $5,000,000 must be designed to adequately serve planned future traffic for at least the next 10 years; (2) $5,000,000 or more must be designed to adequately serve planned future traffic for at least the next 20 years.
AK Stat § 19.10.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 3. Construction.|Sec. 19.10.170. Construction by department.

(a) Except as provided in AS 44.33.300, it is the general policy of the state to require the construction of all highways under bid contract in accordance with AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). However, subject to the provisions of (b) of this section, when the estimated cost of a construction project is less than $100,000 or when it appears to be in the best interests of the state, the department may perform the work notwithstanding any other provisions of law. (b) Construction or professional services in connection with the construction of highways performed by the department under (a) of this section that have an estimated cost exceeding $5,000 may not be performed by the department unless the commissioner determines, in writing, that the cost to the state will be less than that incurred as a result of a formally advertised or negotiated contract. The determination of the commissioner shall be supported by findings of fact which shall set out enough facts and circumstances to clearly justify the determination. The determinations and findings shall be maintained as a permanent record of the department. (c) In this section, “professional services” means architectural, engineering, or land surveying services.
AK Stat § 19.10.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 3. Construction.|Sec. 19.10.180. Request for public bids; contracts for materials and supplies.

Requests for public bids are governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). The request for public bids may require the contractor to furnish equipment, labor, materials, and supplies for the project, or it may state that the department will furnish the materials and supplies. If the department elects to provide materials and supplies for a project, it shall do so at the time it adopts the construction program. The department shall acquire these materials and supplies under AS 36.30 by requesting bids for them according to the class, type, and nature of the materials and supplies. The contract for materials and supplies may be awarded either upon the basis of delivery to the construction project directly or to a central storehouse or storehouses maintained by the department. Those materials and supplies so purchased by the department may be delivered to the project site without expense to the contractor, or it may sell them to the contractor at cost and make the materials and supplies a part of the construction cost.
AK Stat § 19.10.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 3. Construction.|Sec. 19.10.200. Procedures for the award of contracts.

The award of a contract for highway construction work is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), AS 19.05 - AS 19.25, and regulations adopted under those laws.
AK Stat § 19.10.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 3. Construction.|Sec. 19.10.230. Method of construction of highway ditches.

A highway constructed or reconstructed shall be designed to permit water to drain from it into ditches which shall drain into coulees, rivers, and lakes according to the surface and terrain where the highway is constructed in accordance with scientific highway construction and engineering in order to prevent the water from overflowing onto adjacent and adjoining land. The natural flow and drainage of surface water may not be obstructed, but it shall be permitted to follow the natural course according to the surface and terrain.
AK Stat § 19.10.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 3. Construction.|Sec. 19.10.240. Warning signs of road construction.

Whenever the department enters into a contract for the construction of a highway, it shall, as a condition of the contract, provide that the contractor shall place suitable warning signs that can be read from a distance of 100 feet in daytime, and that the contractor shall erect and place at night a red and white lantern or a torch or other effective device, of a type approved by the department, at both ends of the construction work, not less than 300 feet from it, warning the public that the road is under construction or improvement and is closed, impassable, or dangerous for travel. This section does not make the state liable for the failure of a contractor to erect warning signs.
AK Stat § 19.10.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 10. State Highway System|Article 3. Construction.|Sec. 19.10.250. Penalty for failure to erect warning signs.

A contractor, foreman, or person in charge of work or repairs on a highway who fails or neglects to erect and maintain suitable warning signs as provided in AS 19.10.240 is punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than 60 days, or by both.