DOT&PF approves Long-Range Transportation Policy Plan

(JUNEAU, Alaska) — The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) today approved Let’s Get Moving 2030, Alaska’s new Statewide Long-Range Transportation Policy Plan.

The document was signed by Commissioner Leo von Scheben, following public review and comment on the draft plan. It was available for public review from Nov. 23, 2007 to Feb. 1, 2008. DOT & PF received more than 100 public comments on the plan.

The plan establishes state transportation vision and policy direction to guide statewide transportation planning and development through the year 2030.

“Alaska’s economic and social wellbeing depends on a modern, efficient, and reliable transportation system,” said DOT&PF Commissioner Leo von Scheben. “This plan will be used as a framework to set priorities and guide our work to ensure that Alaskans continue to enjoy the benefits of mobility.”

Let’s Get Moving 2030 is designed to help analyze the costs associated with the state’s transportation infrastructure. It creates a tool to measure improvements of management practices and determines if additional funds are necessary to maintain existing facilities. The plan also sets system development priorities and the best use of limited project funding.

The plan recommends several strategies to address the identified gap between documented needs and available funding. The strategies include:

Prioritize Needs – steps to prioritize among needs
Manage for Results – steps to increase efficiency
Constrain Needs – steps to limit the total transportation need placed upon State of Alaska
Increase Revenues – steps to increase funds available for meeting transportation needs

The main document and appendices can be downloaded from the DOT&PF website: www.dot.alaska.gov/2030

Let’s Get Moving 2030 supersedes Vision: 2020 Update, completed in November 2002. The statewide transportation policy plan is normally updated at 5-year intervals.

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For more information contact Eric Taylor, Statewide Transportation Plan Manager, at (907) 465-8958.