The US Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District awarded a $399.4 million contract to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. of Vancouver, Washington, to build a 1,200-foot causeway extension with about 600 feet of dock face.
The Denali Commission facilitated a $100 million federal grant to upgrade fuel tank farms in ten rural communities.
Vitus family of fuel delivery companies secures $37 million in US Department of Agriculture loans for infrastructure expansion.
New Alcan Port of Entry project moves forward to design with permitting approvals from US General Services Administration.
A $4.5 million federal grant to Sitnasuak Native Corporation improves energy resilience in Nome by building new fuel storage tanks.
CWAT is an almost-but-not-quite highway that connects North Slope villages to the Dalton Highway during late winter. Meet the crews that build it and the companies that use it.
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities officials say delayed approval of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Project should not spell project delays this year.
The majority of North Slope infrastructure is financed, constructed, and maintained by private entities to support their oil exploration and production activities. Despite North Slope explorers and operators always having an eye on efficiency, some infrastructure (such as processing facilities) isn’t well suited for sharing among multiple companies. However, other infrastructure does lend itself to common use, such as roads and pipelines.
Replacements for four more bridges on the Alaska, Richardson, and Steese Highways would be built with funds proposed in Governor Mike Dunleavy’s amended capital budget for Fiscal Year 2024.
In 2022, the American Society of Civil Engineers designated the John O’Connell memorial bridge as an Alaska Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.