South Goldenview Anchorage

The always awaited LRTP is out for review.  For our area, they are listing Mountainaire Drive connection to Shangri La (pg 30) , Goldenview to Potter Valley through Legacy Pointe (pg 30), and Rabbit Creek from the Seward Highway to Goldenview (32), and extension of Elmore from DeArmoun to Rabbit Creek (pg 32) upgrades.

I just received a copy of the Design Study for the intersection of Goldenview and Bluebell.  They offer 5 alternatives and recommended one that offers minimal improvements to the grade of Bluebell.  

The SGVRRSA Board has not reviewed these or formed an opinion on it yet.   There is a grant from the State of Alaska for $660K.  This will not cover any of the alternatives.  Once we decide what the best alternative is for the road, we will look for additional funding sources to ensure we are doing the right project.  I don't believe in a backwards approach to fixing the problem with the pot of money we have if it isn't the right solution. 

The Muni now owns Goldenview and can help participate in funding the final solution.  We also have an additional grant request from the State to upgrade Goldenview. If that funding comes through this next session, we can consider combining the two projects.  It is still very early in the process to get overly excited about any of these alternatives, but this is where we are at today.

Yesterday, Sept 29th, the contractor found substantial bedrock in the project area. They stopped work and called an emergency meeting with Boutet Company and our Board Chair.  We don't know what it means yet, but we are continuing on and trying to manage the project as best we can. They brought in a new excavator to beat out the bed rock and are adjusting man-holes and depth of the storm drain system. We should know more about what all this means tomorrow as far as costs and delays.

The SGVRRSA Board voted unanimously to accept the entire bid for the Sandpiper project. The base bid was the storm drain system, the Addititive Alternative 1 was for rock to shore up the bank and allow water to flow through winter and the Additive Alternative 2 was for new road materials. We received 13 bids ranging from $377K - $731K.  The majority of the bids were centered around the Engineers Estimate of $526K.   The work should start soon and be completed within the month.

USKH repors to be on schedule to submit the draft Design Study Report in early October.  They will be visiting the Bear Valley and Rabbit Creek community councils in August or September as well as holding a public meeting in October.  Attached are the meeting notes from the August 5th meeting and map of alternatives.