12/24/2023
Land Use
PASSED SUCCESSFULLY: 3plex/4plex zoning reform passed at the Assembly meeting on December 19th. An S version of the ordinance is available here. Listen to some of the testimony for and against here. The changes to the building code were postponed to a later meeting in 2024.
Transportation
NEW: People Mover system changes: Coming January 2024.
RECENT : AMATS Policy Committee Meeting: December 21, 2023. Committee nominations, TAC comments on MTP projects, TIP amendments, and a Transportation Systems Management & Operations Plan.
ONGOING: AKDOT’s Seward Highway Expansion Project is still accepting comments. The ‘open house’ materials can be found here. (12/21/2021: “Dunleavy has instructed the department to find solutions with the ultimate goal of making a four-lane divided highway between Potter Marsh and Bird.”)
Happy Holidays everyone! We will put out a longer year-in-review bulletin on the last day of the year.