A note from Representative Les Gara May 21, 2010
Street Sweeping
Sweeping of Anchorage’s streets is an issue that legislators, including Rep. Mike Doogan and Senators Hollis French and Johnny Ellis, have taken the lead on the past few years. Senator Johnny Ellis recently wrote a good newsletter on this, which I’ll link here. Last year’s street sweeping effort was, um, what are the words I’m looking for? Got it. A disaster. The state’s contractor defaulted, and the contract was written in a way that left us little recourse other than to breathe dust into June. The State Department of Transportation promised the Legislature that wouldn’t repeat itself this year. Included in Senator Ellis’ newsletter is the schedule for street cleaning that the State and City have had our contractors commit to. Main arteries and local city-owned streets will be swept three times. Major arteries have been swept for the first time by the deadline of May 15th, and residential streets will be swept by June 1st. The city provides an interactive map showing which streets have been swept, and an online comment form. Public concerns, we’re promised, will be taken seriously.
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If you want to report conditions on the city’s roads or trails here is some helpful information to direct you to the proper person. Please contact us if you find any information listed that is out of date or the link is broken. We welcome any new information.
City Trails
City’s Trailway Conditions:
If you want to report an issue with the city’s trails call MOA’s Park & Trail maintenance at 343-4554 or email the city at: parksrecmaintenance@muni.org You can also fill out the form here.
City’s Trailway Lights:
If you want to report a light or lights out on the trailways contact the Parks & Recreation Facility Maintenance at 343-8465.
Trail Watch:
If you would like to submit a report with Trail Watch you can find their feedback from here.
Personal Safety:
If you see suspicious or worrisome activity on the city’s trails, you can reach the APD on their non-emergency hotline at 786-8900.
City and State Roads and Sidewalks
Request Street or Sidewalk to be Swept or Plowed:
Unfortunately, this is complicated. The Muni’s Street Maintenance Division is responsible for sweeping only Municipal owned roads with in ARDSA (Anchorage Roads and Drainage Service Area). If you have questions or need to speak with someone from Muni you can call the Street Maintenance Division at 343-8277. You can find the Muni’s street maintenance feedback form here.
Check Status of Plowing/Sweeping:
http://gisweb.ci.anchorage.ak.us/website/streetmaint/sweeping/disclaimer2.htm
http://munimaps.muni.org/website/streetmaint/sweeping/viewer.htm
State of Alaska Roads:
The (DOT) State of Alaska Department of Transportation is responsible for sweeping all State owned roads with in ARDSA. Complaints regarding State owned roads must be registered with the DOT office at 338-1466. You can see the winter road map of State maintained roads here.
General Street Maintenance Map:
http://www.muni.org/Departments/traffic/AMATS/Documents/AnchRdOwnership.pdf
