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2021 Fairbanks North Star Borough

Comprehensive Roads Plan

YOUR FUTURE ROADS & TRAILS!

FNSB Community, did we get them right?

COME TELL US. IN-PERSON.

MAY 17 & 19, 2022
COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSES

Draft FNSB Road Corridors & Draft FNSB Recreational Trails Plan
www.FNSBRoadsPlan.com | www.FNSBTrailsPlan.com

Check Out the Draft FNSB Road Corridors Maps, as of May 13, 2022

Did you receive a postcard about the open houses?
Read below!

  • DRAFT Roads and Trails Plan maps indicate a potential road or trail might cross your or a neighbor’s property.
  • Property may be affected by these potential roads or trails, if the land is ever subdivided.
  • Open houses and information on the project websites are opportunities for you to review and share thoughts and ask questions.
  • As a property owner and community member, we need your feedback!

Two Opportunities to Share Your Feedback.

What to Expect.

  • We will have maps covering most areas of the borough with draft future roads and trails.
  • You can write or share your comments with the project team.
  • The project team will also share information, listen, and answer your questions about how specific roads and trails were selected, moved, or removed from the draft maps, and next steps.

For More Information.

Email or call Brittany Smart, FNSB Co-Project Manager:
brittany.smart@fnsb.gov | 907-459-1302

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:

04-23-21 FNSB Roads Flyer FINAL

Please download and share the one-page project flyer (137KB PDF).

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

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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!

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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.

Tell Us What You Think

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

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

Brittany Smart

Co-Project Manager
FNSB Office of the Mayor
907-328-8027
brittany.smart@fnsb.gov

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

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