Safer. Better ConnecteD.

Fairbanks North Star Borough

Comprehensive Roads Plan

YOUR FUTURE ROADS.

FNSB Community, we are working hard to get it right!

April 2023 Updates

Thank you to everyone that submitted their comments on the January 2023 Draft FNSB Roads Plan. We received over 300 comments!

The project team is working in partnership with the FNSB Roads Plan Steering Committee to revise the draft plan. Check out notes and materials from the most recent, March 7^th, 2023 Steering Committee meeting to learn more.

Later this summer, we will re-release the draft plan and look forward to community input on how we did to respond to your feedback.

The plan will then go before the FNSB Platting Board, Planning Commission, and Assembly as part of the adoption process and there will be additional opportunities for community input on the plan.

Please connect with our team to learn more or share your feedback. We always look forward to hearing from you! Please also keep checking this project website or sign up (scroll down) for updates to learn the latest.

Email, call, or text Shelly Wade, Public Involvement Lead: shelly@agnewbeck.com | 907-242-5326

Thank you, Fairbanks North Star Borough Community!

VERY IMPORTANT – PLEASE REMEMBER

Road corridors in the plan will only be dedicated on private property at the time that landowners subdivide. The subdivision process allows for some flexibility in road alignment and design if the alternative corridor achieves the same goals as the connection identified in the plan. The Road Plan is intended to encourage and support the FNSB and developers working together to develop a road system that protects the health, safety, and well-being of the community.

VIEW THESE HELPFUL HANDOUTS!

Corridor Criteria Evaluation Matrix

This Corridor Criteria Evaluation Matrix Handout provides an overview of measures and questions used to guide selection of proposed corridors in the Public Review Draft Plan.

January 2023 Open House Handout

This January 2023 Open House Handout describes the Project Purpose, Schedule, What the Plan Does/Does Not Do, How the Plan is Implemented, 1991 Plan Progress, and Project Team Contact Information.

Purpose

To evaluate and update the 1991 Comprehensive Roads Plan in order to improve the current and future road network by creating appropriate and strategic road corridors and access points across the borough.

This process aims to:

Bring together and build from the knowledge of residents, community leaders, transportation experts, and the private sector.

Understand how the borough has and is projected to grow and change, and related challenges and opportunities for a future roads network.

Take advantage of new and improved data on things like permafrost, wetlands, and other topographical features.

Share and document examples of successes and lesson learned from the 1991 Plan and related roads policies.

Download and share the project flyer:

WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE ROADS PLAN?

About the Plan

The plan DOES...

...provide guidance and plan for future road corridors and land access while facilitating the securing of legal right-of-way (ROW) and physical road development through the land subdivision process.
...assign a purpose for a future road corridor through a functional classification that is tied to the FNSB’s subdivision development process.
...encourage and support the FNSB and developers working together to develop a road system that protects the health, safety, and well-being of the community.

The plan DOES NOT...

...allow the Borough to:
- Acquire or “take” private property.
- Force roads through private property. Corridors in the plan will only be dedicated on private property at the time owners subdivide their land
...draw hard, fixed, unchangeable lines on a map – development patterns and other change may call for alternative road corridors in the future – the plan and related actions will respond and adapt to these changes.
...act as a barrier to development. Instead, the plan is a tool to increase collaboration, communication and teamwork between FNSB, residents and the developer community.

What has and has not been accomplished from the 1991 Plan?

Review of the 1991 Plan

CLICK HERE to see How Lines on a Map Become Roads in Steele Creek.

Who is leading and guiding the process?

Project Team

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is leading the process with assistance from Fairbanks and Anchorage-based contractors, PDC Engineers (lead contractor, mapping and technical expert) and Agnew::Beck Consulting (public involvement lead).

Advisory Steering Committee

An Advisory Steering Committee comprised of residents, Road Service Area Commissioners, transportation experts, developers, surveyors, engineers and public agency representatives are helping to guide the process.

WE NEED YOUR INPUT!

Get Involved

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Receive no more than six emails, between now and Spring 2022, with important project news.

Tell us what You THink.

Share a comment or question. Email or call FNSB Project Managers and the Public Involvement Team.

Schedule

SPRING 2021

Launch & Discover

Convene Steering Committee.
Conduct initial research.

SUMMER 2021-SUMMER 2022

Learn & Listen

Invite public input.
Compile and analyze data.
Develop vision and goals.
Prepare maps.

WINTER 2021-SPRING 2023

Draft & Review

Gather community input on vision, goals, strategies, and maps.
Develop draft plan.

SUMMER-FALL 2023

Targeted Outreach, Finalize & Adopt

Adopt plan.

Resources

Steering Committee Meetings

Open Houses

MAY 17 & 19, 2022 IN-PERSON

JULY 15, 2021 VIRTUAL

Related & Project-Specific Documents

FNSB Roads Plan in the News

More Information

Contact Us

Kellen Spillman

Co-Project Manager
FNSB Community Planning Department
907-459-1266
kellen.spillman@fnsb.gov

Shelly Wade, AICP

Public Involvement Lead
Agnew:::Beck Consulting
907-242-5326
shelly@agnewbeck.com