HIGHWAY PROGRAM PLANS
AMNOUNCED FOR COMING YEAR
The Board of the AiasKa nign
way and Public Works Depart -
ment at their recent meeting dis
cussed and recommended to the
Bureau of Public Roads a pro
gram for Federal Aid Highway
maintenance and construction
throughout Alaska for the fiscal
year 1959. Funds for the 1959
program become available July
1, 1958 and preparation of plans
for approved projects will be ac
complished by Public Roads this
winter.
Federal Aid money plus the 10
percent Territorial contribution
yielded a total sum of approxi
mately $14,800,000 for expendi
ture on Alaska roads. In addition
to this, some $2,450,000 of Forest
Highway funds will be available
for use in the National Forest
areas.
■Distribution of funds and pro
jects in the Third Division are as
follows: Maintenance, etc., $2,
125,000; Construction and surveys
$4,247,000. Total Federal Aid pro
gram: $7,372,000. Forest Highway
Construction, $600,000. TOTAL
for THIRD DIVISION, $7,972,000.
Projects in this Division include
Gambell Street, Anchorage; Sol
dotna-Clam Gulch, Sterling High
way; Housion-Willow, Edlund
Road and Farm Loop Road, Ma
tanuska Valley; Deception Creek
Bridge; Seward Airport Road;
Portage Glacier Road; Gakona
Protection; Rock Creek Bridge;
Richardson Highway; Lower Ton
sina Bridge; Ninilchik-Clam
Gulch Survey; Larson Bay-Uzin
ki Survey; wnlow-Taikeeina sur
vey; and Naknek Bridge Survey.
Two projects are still subject to
discussion between the Territory
and Bureau of Public Roads.
The total Federal Aid money
is distributed to the Judicial Di
vision by means of a formula
which takes into account the rela
tive area; total existing road mil
eage, population, vehicle regis
trations, fuel tax receipts and an
analysis of current needs of each
Division. This formula, first sug
gested by the BPR, has been very
carefully and thoroughly studied
by the Territory and the Board
has decided that it furnishes the
most equitable basis for appor
tioning funds that could be de
vised.
The total for the First Division
will be $4,086,000. The Second
Division will receive a total of
$837,000; and the Fourth Divi
sion, $4,353,000 and as reported,
$7,972,000 for the Third Division.
An additional $6,545,000 worth
of road construction will be in
progress throughout Alaska dur
ing 1958. This includes $2V2 mil
lion of carryover work on con
tracts previously let and $4,045,
000 of construction previously
programmed and funded but for
which contracts have not yet been
advertised or awarded. The fol
lowing projects are in the latter
category:
Palmer City Paving; Sterling
Highway, Homer to Ninilchik re
construction; Seward City Pav
Employment Service
Office Open Dec. 3
Persons wishing to file itiner
ant and continue claims for un
employment insurance are re
minded that a representative of
the Alaska Territorial Employ
ment Service from the Anchor
age office will be in Palmer on
Tuesday, /December 3 from 9:00
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Carpenters hall.
The Palmer office will be open
every other Tuesday until fur
ther notice to serve Palmer,
Wasilla, Jonesville, Eska, Sutton
and surrounding areas.
All claimants who have been
filing by mail to the Anchorage
office are now expected to appear
at Carpenters hall on the desig
nated dates as these claimants
will no longer be served by mail.
ing; Steese Highway reconstruc
tion to Fox; North Douglas High
way; and Glacier Highway Eagle
and Herbert River Bridges.
Farm road construction with
Territorial funds for 1958 will be
programmed at the February,
1958, meeting of the Board. All
requests for such work should be
sent to Lee Hubbard, Director of
Highways, 1228 East 7th Avenue,
Anchorage, in triplicate. Hubbard
will alert the respective board
member and the Juneau head
quarters of the Department re
garding these requests and re
ults of investigations. The public
is advised that the board mem
ber from their Division is their
special representative in estab
lishing priorities of work and in
bringing matters of local inter
est before the Board as a whole.
CIVIL AH PATROL
WEEK PROCLAIMED
BY GOV. STEPOVICH
Governor Mike Stepovich this
week proclaimed the week of
December 1 through December 7
to be “Civil Air Patrol Week”
and urged that this deserving or
ganization be specially honored
by citizens by their participation
in ceremonies designed to honor
the men and women of the Civil
Air Patrol.
In making the proclamation
Gov. Stepovich pointed out that
CAP has been and continues to
be an asset of high value to this
nation and its people; having
served well in the dark days of
war by vigilantly patrolling our
coasts and borders against the
dangers of possible invasion or
attack by submarine, surface
craft and airplane. That these
same civilian volunteers have
established and have maintained j
in the Territory of Alaska an ef- j
fective program of aviation edu
cation for our youth; and the,
highly patriotic members of the
CAP have maintained and are
maintaining an efficient rescue
organization of skilled fliers and
technicians, always ready at
quick notice to hunt for fellow
t fliers and their passengers who
may be victims of mishaps, and
to aid them whenever possible.
The Civil Air Patrol will ob
serve the 16th anniversary of its
founding on December 1.
Locally a CAP Cadet squadron
has recently been formed and is
holding weekly meetings for par
ticipating youths and their lead
ers.
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DEVELOPMENT BOARD
GIVES MONEY FOR
PORT GRAHAM AIR STRIP
The Governor's office today
announced that the Alaska Rural
Development Board has made
$15,000 available for an air strip
clearing job at Port Graham. The
small village on the lower Kenai
Peninsula was hard hit by a dis
astrous fishing season.
James E. Hawkins, directors of
the RDB, is in Anchorage this
week to confer with Eugene Rog
uszka, acting director of the
Department of Aviation. The
$15,000 will be transferred to the
Department of Aviation.
Port Graham at the present
time has no landing facilities for
planes other than the beach at
low tide. During the winter, ice
on the beach makes it impossible
for landings.
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