Request for Public Comment-FAST ADA Improvements-Fairbanks: 6th and 7th Avenue

Request Public CommentFAST ADA Improvements-Fairbanks: 6th and 7th AvenuesState Project Number: NFHWY00962The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is proposing to widen, replace, and/or reestablish sidewalks with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant features along 6th and 7th avenues, between Barnette Street and Cowles Street, in Fairbanks, Alaska. The project also includes new curb ramps, approaches to driveways and their tie-in entrances, curb and gutters, operable part clear spaces (level platforms at signalized crosswalks), new curb inlet box grates to facilitate surface water drainage, and repaving the project roadways.No right-of-way acquisitions will be required to construct this project. However, DOT&PF anticipates that temporary construction easements and/or temporary construction permits would be required.Material sources for this project will be contractor furnished.DOT&PF is currently working on the preliminary engineering design and environmental reviews. DOT&PF plans to construct this project during the summer of 2026.Please provide comments on this project or request additional information by October 27, 2025, to: Ivet Hall, P.E., Engineering Manager Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities2301 Peger Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709Phone: (907) 451-5386 or by e-mail at: ivet.hall@alaska.govText Telephone (TDD): 771 or 1-800-770-8973The project is being developed in accordance with the following Executive Orders (EO): EO 11988 (Floodplain Management); EO 11990 (Wetlands Protection); EO 12898 (Environmental Justice); EO 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment) and EO 13112 (Invasive Species).The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by the DOT&PF pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated April 13, 2023, and executed by the Federal Highway Administration and DOT&PF.It is the policy of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) that no one shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, regardless of the funding source, including Federal Transit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and State of Alaska funds. Title VI Nondiscrimination Policy: https://dot.alaska.gov/tvi_statement.shtml. To file a complaint: dot.alaska.gov/cvlrts/titlevi.shtml