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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission Votes on 12/7/09 to Remove the Knik Arm Bridge from Anchorage's Long Range Transportation Plan

With a 7-1 vote and 1 recusal, on December 7, 2009 the Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission (P & Z) reaffirmed the position it took earlier this year to remove the proposed bridge from Anchorage's Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). P & Z decided not to approve the Municipality of Anchorage's request to move the bridge from the short-term to the long-term phase of the LRTP. Instead, P & Z recommended removing the project from the LRTP because it does not meet P & Z's mandate to promote implementation of Anchorage 2020, the community's comprehensive plan. P & Z was concerned that if this project remained in the LRTP, Anchorage would have inadequate leverage to ensure that its needs - including the Phase 2 connection to Ingra-Gambell - would be met. P & Z also added to and modified its earlier Findings in support of this recommendation.

Click here for the December 7, 2009 P & Z resolution.

Click here for the Municipality of Anchorage's November 24, 2009 memo to P & Z.