01-22-04: Causeway To Connect The Port Of Anchorage To Port Mackenzie

01-14-04: Conference Promotes Alaska-Canada Rail Connection

01-21-04: Connecting Alaska With The Rest Of North America

SB 358 : Alaska Railroad Track Work
Passed Legislature! Await Transmit to Gov.
Sponsored by the Sen. Transportation

An Act relating to the performance of railroad track construction work for the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities by the Alaska Railroad Corporation.

Version: SB 358
Contact: Richard Schmitz, 465-4921
Action: 05-05-04: House » Waiting transmittal to Gov

SB 358 unanimously passed the House May 5. It gives the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities flexibility in working with the Alaska Railroad on construction projects involving track construction by allowing the Railroad to perform the work under an agreement with DOT.

| Sponsor Statement |
| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 1 Page - 32 KB]

SB 382 : Eminent Domain/Replatting Of Boundary Changes
Signed Into Law! Chapter 32 SLA 04
Sponsored by the Sen. Transportation Committee

An Act relating to replat approval; relating to the platting of right-of-way acquired through eminent domain proceedings; and providing for an effective date.

Version: CS SB 382 (CRA) Am H
Contact: Mary Jackson, 465-2828
Action: 05-24-04: Signed Into Law

SB 382 clarifies an ambiguity in existing eminent domain law that unnecessarily limits municipalities in their consideration of replat approval petitions. Authorizes municipalities to adopt replat approval procedures targeted specifically to the eminent domain process.

| Sponsor Statement | [PDF - 1 Page - 78 KB]
| Fact Sheet | [PDF - 1 Page - 29 KB]

SB 384 : Route Of Natural Gas Pipeline Funded By RR
House Companion HB 267 Signed into Law!
Sponsored by the Sen. Transporation Committee

An Act relating to a natural gas pipeline with a terminus at the Cook Inlet Basin.

Version: CS SB 384 (TRA)
Contact: Mary Jackson, 465-2828
Action: 04-22-04: (S)TRA » (S)FIN

SB 384 moved out of the Senate Transportation Committee April 20. Names a route from Fairbanks to the Cook Inlet Basin, following, as best as possible, the right-of-way of the railroad, as one possible route for a natural gas line that utilizes Alaska Railroad Bonds.

| Sponsor Statement |

SCR 25 : State Construction/Maintenance Contracts
Sponsored by the Sen. Transportation Committee

Relating to state agency construction and maintenance contracts throughout the state.

Version: SCR 25
Contact: Richard Schmitz, 465-4921
Action: 04-27-04: (S)TRA (S)STA

Requests the governor to consider directing the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and other state agencies to use an approach under which a competitively selected contractor agrees to provide construction and maintenance services on an as-needed basis for projects between $250,000 and $1.5 million.

| Sponsor Statement |