| 122 |
Comments
from phone conversation: Concerned about extra traffic with new high school
and construction of Abbott Loop. What is schedule for construction of
Abbott Loop? Service High kids speed through area at school exit times.
Has a five-bedroom house for one person and a dog. Will be building a
new home by then. |
| 123 |
Comments
from phone conversation: he was just wondering what the survey crew was
up to and was making sure we know about the gas line, other utilities,
and his desire that we preserve the park environment. |
| 124 |
Comments
from phone conversation: What is the width of Abbott Loop? Maybe a 2-3
lane section. What is time of construction? When are the meetings? What
are the designs? Landscaping on MacInnes. Concerned with traffic, noise,
and kids at ballpark. Need good design. Speed limit? Can we have trails?
How about lighting? Lots of changes to area, need to blend into area.
Concerns with landscaping, must have it! AWWU landscaping not very good,
look at MacInnes. Should be done in good taste and in safe way. |
| 125 |
Just
for the record, east Anchorage has long needed an additional N-S route
to the hillside. As it is, we have to go nearly 6 miles west from Muldoon
Rd to Lk. Otis Pkwy, so. about the same distance, then east again, burning
lots of gas via the accumulated veh. miles. I suggested to the Hwy. Dept.
in the late 70's to have a route that angled sw from the Muldoon curve,
but nothing came of it. |
| 126 |
Open
it now and open it big!! Don't let the NIMBY's get in the way. I live
on Elmore and it is needed now. |
| 127 |
No
Comments |
| 128 |
As
a bicycle commuter that transverses the area in question my major concern
is a dedicated and offset corridor for non-motorized commuters. Present
designs of bicycle pedestrian corridors ( example Lake Otis) place the
non-motorized at extreme risk for death and injury at every intersection.
Present MOA statute places bicyclists at extreme disadvantage at any intersection
of a bike-trail and secondary road. Unless MOA statute is changed I would
oppose Abbott loop extension unless a set back pedestrian bike trial is
established which all intersections are handled by over or underpass.
Otherwise it is safer to take the trials and risk moose charge rather
than risk the sometimes rabid or inattentive Anchorage motorist. |
| 129 |
Simonian
Little League would like to encourage project planners to consider a protected
pedestrian crossing across Abbott Loop Road to access the Abbott Loop
Community Park from neighborhoods to the west of Abbott Loop Road. We
understand that there are advantages and disadvantages to options involving
a pedestrian overpass a pedestrian underpass or tunnel and a pedestrian-activated
crosswalk light. Overpasses are expensive; safety issues exist with tunnels
becoming a potential site for assaults and pedestrian-activated crosswalk
lights can impede traffic flow at busy times of the day. However we encourage
the project planners to weigh these and other advantages and disadvantages
in seeking the best and most practical protected pedestrian crossing possible
across Abbott Loop Road to the Abbott Loop Community Park from neighborhoods
to the west. Thank you for your consideration of our comments and for
a user-friendly public comment process. |
| 130 |
I
am opposed to the Abbott Loop Extension for a couple of reasons: 1. I
believe it will not solve the traffic congestion at Lake Otis and Tudor.
A better solution for this problem would be to make Tudor a limited access
road or to at least consider improved timing at the lights in that region.
Funneling more traffic onto Tudor slightly to the east doesn't seem to
solve the issue even if you're heading to the medical area. 2. Anchorage
citizens have stated a desire to maintain existing park land. Building
a road right next to and existing park would go against that. Additionally
the bridge that would cross Campbell Creek would be a vehicle to further
pollution in Anchorage streams that people are working on rehabilitating. |
| 131 |
I
agree that something needs to be done to speed north-south traffic on
the east side but it seems the money would be much better spent putting
an interchange in at Tudor and Lake Otis. That would speed east-west traffic
on Tudor as well which is becoming a problem. |
| 132 |
This
has long been a much needed link in the Anchorage transportation grid.
I'm glad that it is finally gaining some momentum. The 48th to Dowling
section is an opportunity to create a true Parkway. It is important that
it is designed to enhance parkland access and still preserve as much as
possible the present wild and unspoiled setting. I like the idea of having
large sections of the road elevated especially over streams and wetlands
and hope that cost does not rule out such features. The trail user groups
should reconsider their endorsement of overpass only trail crossings.
Having trail crossings occurr under raised sections of road way (not tunnels)
would be asthetically and functionally better for trail users. The extra
cost of elevating the road will be much easier to justify than the cost
of an overpass at every trail crossing. Obviously Abbott Loop will need
to be reconstructed with non vehicle amenities added as part of the extension
project. |
| 133 |
I
am in full support of this project it is long overdue and badly needed. |
| 134 |
I
live off Abbott Loop and currently travel the Tudor/Lake Otis route back
and forth to work. I agree traffic is bad but the question is where is
the traffic going. If you extend Abbott Loop to Tudor and 10 000 cars
turn onto the new road what happens when it hits the end of the road at
Abbott. I can see a huge line of cars waiting at the lights to turn right
to get back to Lake Otis to continue south and another bottleneck when
the traffic arrives at Lake Otis to turn south. The other half of the
traffic will want to turn east to spread out onto the hillside creating
more traffic on Abbott Road and Hillside Drive. Has traffic flow after
the extension been considered or are we just ruining a quiet wilderness
area to move the chaos somewhere else. I agree we need more north south
access but please plan it thoroughly so you don't come back after the
fact and say oh oh now we have another mess to deal with. |
| 135 |
I
am in support of finally completing this part of Anchorage's Road system.
I have heard about this for over 30 years. All other roads were built
with this one as part of the system. Will Raspberry Road be expanded from
Minnesota to Lake Otis? There needs to be one more east-west road. |
| 136 |
This
project was put on the bond package with a lot of other projects by the
Mayor and essentially was not voted on by the people as a stand alone
issue. With that in mind I will comment on the project itself as outlined
in your statement. The majority of people in Anchorage value the open
space and wildlife that make up Anchorage. Building this road through
wildlife corridors and natural open space will certainly take a toll on
wildlife and wetlands in this area. My suggestion is to build an elevated
road system that will mitigate disturbance to wildlife wetlands and creeks.
Building a tunnel under the road will not be used by animals crossing
the road. It hasn't worked on the Glenn Highway and won't work here. It
just isn't a natural mode of travel. Wildlife cross where they want not
where you want them to. Putting in this road is going to funnel traffic
to areas of town that already are overburdened with traffic. The biggest
areas of employment are downtown and midtown not the east area. |
| 137 |
I
have three concerns about the proposed extension: 1. No governing body
of the Municipality of Anchorage either the Anchorage Assembly or the
Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions has approved this
extension. Neither has it been analyzed for its consistency with comprehensive
plan goals. The state seems to be pushing a project which has not been
through the local planning process completely as the Comprehensive 2020
plan was. I think this extension needs to be assessed for how it reaches
goals of the 2020 plan. 2. I travel Abbott Loop Road weekly and I am concerned
that the proposed extension is a "road to nowhere" until Abbott
Road is improved. I believe the current traffic problems at the Lake Otis
and Tudor intersection will be transferred to a problem 10 times worse
at the Abbott Loop and Abbott intersection if Abbott is not upgraded first.
The state needs to fully analyze how the extension will change traffic
patterns south of Tudor Road prior to doing any construction on Abbott
Loop / Bragaw. 3. Lastly the extension will require filling in important
wetlands and crossing anadromous streams. The EIS must address the impacts
on wildlife and flood control if the extension is constructed. Thank you
for considering my comments and concerns in the planning process. |
| 138 |
Do
not extend this road through the parkland of Campbell Airstrip Property
and residential neighborhoods. There are many careless killers driving
fast moving high powered autos recklessly in Anchorage. Why do you propose
to encourage them? Your unwanted road plans only make more pedestrian
deaths.... Also you will be further endangering the lives of our urban
moose and other animal populations..... North-south traffic is be handled
easily by New Seward Highway. The problem at rush hour is that Alaskans
on the eastside try to shortcut the drive by taking Muldoon/Tudor to Lake
Otis and then south. Spend your money on education. This is proved by
observation that there is no traffic jam downtown on New Seward Highway
feeders at 5 pm. There is no traffic jam a Bragaw and New Seward at 5pm.
There is no traffic jam at Northern Lights or 36th at 5 pm. I investigated
this so I know it to be a fact. The traffic jam is only caused by the
fools sitting for the lights to change at Lake Otis and Tudor. Reeducation
would divert these drivers without map reading skills to great roads to
the south that are all ready built and paid for. Anchorage is actually
a very small town and the road system as built is satisfactory to get
from Muldoon to Kincade Park or Upper Rabbit Creek Road in 30-35 minutes.
Impatient outsiders and SUV driving businss people need to lighten up
and slow down. This is Alaska. We need more bike and biking trails not
freeways to connect residental streets like DeArmond and Bragaw. The road
you propose is unnecessary. In would actuall divide neighborhoods which
are the heart of the City.... This proposal is bad public policy and should
be abandoned. The money could be better spent if granted to the City of
Anchorage to pay for firemen the People Mover Bus System (which will eventually
supplant cars anyway) etc. |
| 139 |
I
am looking forward to the improvements and extensions of Dowling Abbott
and Bragaw roads for the betterment of our city (citizens). |
