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YOUR FUTURE ROADS.
FNSB Community, we are working hard to get it right!
VERY IMPORTANT June 2023 Update
The Revised FNSB Comprehensive Roads Plan is Ready for Your Review, Fairbanks Community!
Deadline for Comments: Friday, July 14th, 2023
Access the plan and related background materials!
Click below for the June 2023 Public Review Draft:
Click below for all public comments received to date and how they have been addressed in subsequent drafts:
You can also stop by the FNSB Community Planning Department (CPD) to get a hard copy of any of the Draft Plan materials listed above or below. The CPD is located at 907 Terminal Street 2nd Floor, Fairbanks, AK, 99707.
Share your feedback on the June 2023 Public Review Draft by Friday, July 14th, 2023! Here’s how:
- Complete this Fillable Comment Form and:
- Email to shelly@agnewbeck.com
- Mail to the FNSB Community Planning Department at 907 Terminal Street 2nd Floor, Fairbanks, AK, 99707.
- Use the comment box in the “Contact Us” section, below.
- Call or email the project team using the “Contact Us” info, below.
What happens next?
- Late Summer/Fall 2023 – After the comment period closes on July 14th, we will compile all public comments and convene the FNSB Comprehensive Roads Plan Steering Committee to review and make recommendations for the Final Plan.
- Winter 2024 – The Final Plan will go before the FNSB Platting Board, Planning Commission, and Assembly as part of the adoption process, during which there will be additional opportunities for community input.
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
(updated June 2023)
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
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
- 03-07-23 Steering Committee Meeting #10 Agenda, Related Materials, & Notes
- 10-26-22 Steering Committee Meeting #9 Meeting Notes
- 10-26-22 Steering Committee Meeting #9 Agenda & Related Materials
- 09-20-22 Corridor 69 & 295 Community Discussion Guiding Slides
- 07-27-22 Steering Committee Meeting #8 Agenda, Guiding Slides & Notes
- 05-11-22 Steering Committee Meeting #7 Agenda & Notes
- 04-20-22 Steering Committee Meeting #6 Agenda & Notes
- 04-06-22 Steering Committee Meeting #5 Agenda & Notes
- 03-03-22 Steering Committee Meeting #4 Agenda & Notes
- 01-19-22 Steering Committee Meeting #3 Agenda & Related Materials
- 09-30-21 Steering Committee Meeting #2 Notes
- 09-30-21 Steering Committee Meeting #2 Slides
- 04-08-21 Steering Committee Kickoff/Meeting #1 Notes
- 04-08-21 Steering Committee Kickoff/Meeting #1 Slides
Open Houses
MAY 17 & 19, 2022 IN-PERSON
- FNSB Roads Plan: May-June 2022 Public Comment Tracker & How Addressed
- Corridors Evaluation Criteria Matrix
- Quadrant May Key Map
- May 2022 Draft: Northwest Quadrant Map
- May 2022 Draft: Northeast Quadrant Map
- May 2022 Draft: Southwest Quadrant Map
- May 2022 Draft: Southeast Quadrant Map
JULY 15, 2021 VIRTUAL
Related & Project-Specific Documents
- FNSB Roads Plan: January 2023 Full Draft with Revised Maps (27MB)
- FNSB Roads Plan: January 2023 Revised Corridor Maps by Township (21MB)
- FNSB Roads Plan: January 2023 Revised Corridor Maps by Quadrant (15MB)
- FNSB Roads Plan: January 2023 Corridor Descriptions – DRAFT (289KB)
- September 2022 Public Review Draft: Public Comment Tracker (3MB)
- FNSB Roads Plan: January 2023 Updated Functional Classification Overview
- December 2021: Community Survey Analysis
- November 2021: FAST Planning Road Service Area Expansion Plan
- September 2021: Road Network Existing Conditions Map Set
- 06-03-21: FNSB Roads Plan Existing Conditions Technical Memorandum (13MB)
- 2006 Update to the 1991 FNSB Comprehensive Road Plan (9.5MB)
- 1991 FNSB Comprehensive Road Plan
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