Safer. Better ConnecteD.
Fairbanks North Star Borough
Comprehensive Roads Plan
YOUR FUTURE ROADS.
FNSB Community, did we get them right?
We Need Your Feedback, Fairbanks!
The Public Review Draft of the FNSB Roads Plan is READY FOR YOUR REVIEW!
The Deadline for Comments is Friday, 10/21/22
Download the Comment Tracker to view feedback on the May 2022 Draft Corridor Maps and see how comments were addressed in the public review draft development.
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.How to comment.
- Download, complete and send this comment form to
Project Public Involvement Lead,
Shelly Wade, shelly@agnewbeck.com, 907-242-5326. - Call or email the project team using the info under Contact Us
- Use the online comment form in Contact Us
Please be specific.
Things to keep in mind as you write your comments:
- Please be specific. That will help the project team better understand and address your feedback.
- What part of the plan are you commenting on? If commenting on a specific corridor, please reference the corridor number from the plan maps.
- Like or support a part of the plan, including specific corridors. Let us know why.
- Dislike or don’t support a part of the plan, including specific corridors? Let us know why.
Don't Forget!
Submit your comments by Friday, October 21, 2022!
What happens next?
September/October 2022
- September 22 – October 21, 2022 – Public Comment Period on the September 2022 Public Review Draft of the FNSB Roads Plan.
- October 21, 2022 – This is the deadline for comments on the Public Review Draft of the FNSB Roads Plan.
- October 26, 2022 – The Steering Committee will convene to review community feedback and recommended revisions to the draft.
- End of October – The project team will revise and finalize the draft.
Later Fall/Early Winter 2022
- Fall 2022 – The final draft will go through the FNSB adoption process with the FNSB Planning Commission and Assembly.
View this helpful handout!
View this helpful handout that 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
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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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-SUMMER 2022
Draft & Review
Gather community input on vision, goals, strategies, and maps.
Develop draft plan.
FALL 2022
Finalize & Adopt
Adopt plan.
Resources
Related & Project-Specific Documents
- NEW! What is Functional Classification?
- NEW! November 2021 FAST Planning Road Service Area Expansion Plan
- Road Network Existing Conditions Map Set
- 6-3-21 FNSB Roads Plan Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum (13MB)
- 2006 Update to the 1991 FNSB Comprehensive Road Plan (9.5MB)
- 1991 FNSB Comprehensive Road Plan
Steering Committee Meeting #2 (September 30, 2021)
Steering Committee Meeting #1 (April 8, 2021)
Virtual Open Houses (July 15, 2021)
FNSB Roads Plan in the News
Newsletters
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