2010 Northern Region Transportation Forum

Highway System Overview

Frank Richards, P.E.

Deputy Commissioner

October 22, 2010

Overview

• Mission

• DOT&PF Organization

• Funding

• Natural Gas Pipeline

• Stimulus Projects

• Ports and Harbors

• Access for Resource Development

• Successes

• Department Challenges

• Communication

DOT&PF’s Mission

Provide for the safe movement of people and goods and the delivery of state services.

DOT&PF Org ChartCommissioner

AviationAdvisory Board

Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority

Special Assistants

Internal Review

Contract Appeals &

Stwd. Procurement

Civil Rights

Northern Region

Southeast Region

Central Region

Deputy CommissionerHighways and

Public FacilitiesDeputy Commissioner

Aviation Deputy Commissioner/

Marine Operations (AMHS)

Ted StevensAnchorage Int’l Airport

Fairbanks Int’l Airport

AIAS Controller

Statewide Aviation

Airport LeasingGeneral Manager

AMHS

Operations

Marine Engineering

Alaska International Airport System (AIAS

Executive Director

Business Enterprise and Development

Statewide Administrative Services

Division

Transportation Management &

Security

Statewide Design andEngineering Services

Division

Division of Program Development

Measurement Standards & Commercial VehicleEnforcement Division

Marine TransportationAdvisory Board

Statewide Equipment Fleet

Statewide Facilities

Three Regions

15,221 = lane miles statewide8,843 = lane miles northern region

= National Highway System= Alaska Highway System

FY01 – FY10 Operating Budget by Fund Source

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$100,000,000

$200,000,000

$300,000,000

$400,000,000

$500,000,000

$600,000,000

FY2001 Actuals

FY2002 Actuals

FY2003 Actuals

FY2004 Actuals

FY2005 Actuals

FY2006 Actuals

FY2007 Actuals

FY2008 Actuals

FY2009 Actuals

FY2010 Actuals

Fed/Other Funds

General Funds

$329,321,100 $334,360,400

$354,391,800$367,517,100

$400,380,500

$460,102,300

$491,324,10$507,907,00 $519,782,800

$536,099,800

FY01 – FY10 Northern Region Operating Budget

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$100,000,000

$200,000,000

$300,000,000

$400,000,000

$500,000,000

$600,000,000

FY2001 Actuals

FY2002 Actuals

FY2003 Actuals

FY2004 Actuals

FY2005 Actuals

FY2006 Actuals

FY2007 Actuals

FY2008 Actuals

FY2009 Actuals

FY2010 Actuals

Northern Region

Other Regions and Divisions

$329,321,100 $334,360,400

$354,391,800 $367,517,100

$400,380,500

$460,102,300

$491,324,100$507,907,000

$519,782,80$536,099,800

Maintenance• FY10 Maintenance Expenditures

– Operating (all funds)• Facilities $23.9 million• Highways & Airports $138.6 million

– Capital (all funds) • Highways $ 65.1 million

• Aviation $ 6.3 million

• FY11 Maintenance Planned– Operating (all funds)

• Facilities $23.3 million• Highways and Airports $143.5 million

– Capital (all funds) • Highways $65.0 million• Aviation $13.6 million

Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

• Certifies the accuracy of all weighing and measuring devices used in commerce, including

– Scales at

• Grocery stores for weighing fruits, vegetables, bulk items

• Airports for weighing freight

– Dispensing devices such as gas pumps

– Scanners used at check out counters

• Ensures commercial vehicles meet the weight limits imposed on roads to prevent damage

• Issues permits for overweight vehicles

• Implements and operates the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Network

Safety Programs

Highway Safety Corridors

511 Program

Road Weather Information System

Intelligent Transportation System for Commercial Vehicles

Safe Routes to School

Highway Safety Corridors

• Designated Corridors– Seward Highway

– Parks Highway

– Knik/Goose Bay Road

– Sterling Highway

• Enforcement

• Education

• Engineering

FY04- FY11 Capital Budgetby Fund Source

$0

$200,000,000

$400,000,000

$600,000,000

$800,000,000

$1,000,000,000

$1,200,000,000

$1,400,000,000

$1,600,000,000

$1,800,000,000

FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011

Other Funds (IARF, HWCF, SDPR, NTSC, etc)

Federal Receipts

General Funds

$1,185,859,100

$1,078,534,700

$1,719,573,400

$884,118,000

$1,425,062,500

$989,391,300

$1,009,500,800

$903,732,700

Northern Region Capital BudgetFY04 – FY11 by Fund Source

$0

$50,000,000

$100,000,000

$150,000,000

$200,000,000

$250,000,000

$300,000,000

$350,000,000

$400,000,000

FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011

Federal Receipts

General Funds / Other

$227,234,100

$160,921,500

$238,454,700

$345,046,800

$151,492,800$151,130,700

$265,979,600

$187,521,500

Funding Challenges

• $8 billion worth of need

• Highway Safety Corridors = $1 billion

• Federal funds shrinking

• State general funding is erratic

• Gasline infrastructure

Natural Gas Pipeline

• Goal - a transportation system that contributes to construction efficiencies

• Identified and prioritized needs

• Working on highest priorities

• In –State Gasline Development Team

Note:

1. 5 construction seasons 2011 – 2015

2. Alaska construction season May – Oct

3. Pipeline construction—winter only in permafrost

4. Pipeline logistics start in earnest after project sanction

5. DOT focus: Dalton Hwy (common to all projects) and bridges on

Alaska and Richardson Highways

American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

• $300 million statewide for transportation

• $258 million to DOT&PF

– 29 projects highway projects

– 8 airport projects

– 12 transit projects

• http://www.dot.state.ak.us/econstim

25 State-owned Harbors

74 harbors transferred to local government

Seiners at Kodiak Harbor

Ports and Harbors

Alaska Regional Ports Conference Nov. 18, 2010 Egan Center, Anchorage

• Established in 2006 providing financial assistance to municipal harbor facilities

• Requires annual appropriation from the Legislature

• 50/50 matching grants

• Grants: $5M cap per year per facility, $50K minimum

• Locally managed projects

• Tier I Grants

– only available to previously state owned facilities in need of major maintenance/repair,

– one time only eligibility

• Tier II Grants

– available to all municipal harbor facilities, including those having received Tier I grant.

– Facilities are eligible for multiple Tier II grants

Municipal Harbor Grants Program

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JNU DOUGLAS HBR

UNALASKA

HARBOR

PORT LIONS HBR

SAND POINT

HARBOR

SEWARD HARBOR

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HARBOR

DILLINGHAM HBR

HAINES HARBOR

HOMER HBR

O&M

KTN KNUDSEN COVE

HARBOR

NINILCHIK HBR O&M

WHITTIER HARBOR

YAKUTAT DOCK

OLD HARBOR

CURRENT HARBOR PROJECTS

KDK ST. HERMAN HBR

LEGEND

Municipal Harbor Facility Grants

Matching funds for USACE projects

KING COVE HBR THORNE BAY

FLOAT

USACE O&M dredging projects

PORT OF ANCHORAGE

O&MPORT OF NOME

COOK INLET

O&M

BETHEL

HARBOR O&M PORT

MACKENZIE

VALDEZ HARBOR

Governor’s Initiatives

• Deferred maintenance

• Highway safety corridors

• Road to Umiat

• Western Access

• Road to Ambler

• Dalton Highway

Successes

• Reduced backlog of deferred maintenance

• ARRA

• Tanana Bridge

• GO Bond projects

• Dalton Highway Improvements

• Emergency Responses

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Key Department Challenges

• Preserving and protecting Alaska’s infrastructure

• Gasline

• Air quality issues

• Highway & aviation federal authorization bills - funding levels

• Recruiting and retaining staff

• Stabilized general fund budget

• Ever increasing environmental requirements

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Communications

• Web pages

– www.dot.alaska.gov

• GovDelivery

• 511

• Road Weather Information System

• Working on project descriptions with updates for all our active projects

Public Information Officers

Northern Region –Meadow Bailey at 451-2240

Central Region – Rick Feller at 269-0772

Southeast Region and Statewide - Roger Wetherell at 465-8894

Thank You