STATE ROAD BUILDING BOOM IS NOW UNDERWAY IN FAIRBANKS AREA
By Paul (Ip) Lien
More than $3,000,000 worth
of State road work is already
underway in the Fairbanks area,
and this is only the beginning.
Work on more than $4,000,000
. n projects will start soon.
h) addition to construction activi
' y. $2,864,000 is scheduled for pre- j
liminary engineering on future pro
jocts. According to Woodrow Johan
sen, Fairbanks District Engineer of
“he State Department of Highways, 1
ihe total number of persons em
ployed by the Fairbanks District
alone during the peak of the sea
son. will exceed 350.
“Thg bituminous surfacing job
which began last summer by Baker
Ford & Co. should be completed
this season ’’ said Johanson.
“Completion date for various iobs
'.ve let out is based on the number
of working days to complete the
job rather than on any specific
date.
“Weather or other extenuating
circumstances may cause a delay in
finishing a job after the notice from
js to proceed is given.
Nemna Read
“The Baker-Ford contract is for
surfacing the road from Ester to 25
mile* west on the Nenana Road.
“Peter Kiewit and Sons are just
starting a road construction job
which extends from Ester Siding to
Ester, a section of four and one-half
miles This should be completed this
year. I
“Target date for completing the
surfacing work on the Third St.
Dawson-Trniner Road section in
Graehl is set for June.
“Wright Brothers Construction
Co. of North Pole and Fairbanks
i>snd and Gravel Co. on a joint ven
ture have completed approximately
30 per c«nt of the work on the
Badger Loop Road.
“This section of road extends from
the junction at six-mile on the
Richardson Highway to the area
k
adjacent to Pile Driver Slough and
then back to the Richardson High- i
way at North Pole.
“Work on the Badger Road con
sists of reconstruction of the road
and bituminous surfacing — and
should be completed this fall.
“Cost of this job is $977,882.95.
“A bridge costing $133,092.25 is
being built over the north fork of
Twelve-Mile Creek at Mile 94 on
the Steese Highway. Work started
last season and should be completed
in late July.
Chena Hot Springs
“Williams Construction Co. has
completed 58 per cent of construc
tion work on the Chena Hot Springs
Road between Mile 21 to Mile 27.
This work was started last summer.'!
“Mile 27 is 33 miles from Chena !
Hot Springs.
“Before going any further, we
will rebuild the road from the junc
tion at 4 Mile Steese Highway to 21
Mile on the Chena Hot Springs
Road.
Contracts Awarded
“In addition to this work, which
is now underway, there are other
jobs for which the contracts have
been awarded but on which work
has not begun.
“These include the Nenana River
bridge at Rex just south of Clear at
a cost of $782,000, a section of road
from Rex to Lignite costing $2,
922.844.40, and a section from the
Cushman Street extension to the
Peger-Van Horn Roads at a cost of
$596,088.81.
“We anticipate placing other jobs j
under contract this summer.
“These include surfacing on the
road south of Nenana, reconstruc
tion and surfacing on the Farmers'
Loop, reconstruction of the road
from Delta Junction to the Tanana |
River, reconstruction of the Chena
Hot Springs Road, reconstruction of ;
the Richardson Highway from the
Tanana River to Shaw Creek, and
reconstruction of Denali Highway
from Paxson to Tangle River.
“This work is all reconstruction
and in addition, dikes will be built
on the Gerstle and Delta Rivers for
river bank protection." said Johan
sen.
Fedenl Aid
“Under the Federal Aid System in
which the State of Alaska is now
included, we will receive approxi
mately $37,000,000 this year for road
construction. These funds are given
for construction only.
Under this system the Federal
government provides 95 per cent
of the money and the State match
in*? obligation is five per cent.
Construction of pioneer roads
under the Pioneer Access Program
as set up bv the State will also be
underway this year.
Under this law the State will
build roads in various parts of
Philip Fouquette
Funeral Services
Funeral services for Philip Fou
quette* 51, who died Saturday after
a short illness, have been set for 3
p.m. Friday at the Fairbanks
Memorial Chapel.
Rev. John Stokes, University
Community Presbyterian Church,
will conduct the rites.
Fouquette. who was employer by
the H&S Warehouse, had been ill
in St. Joseph's Hospital for about
a week.
Surviving him are his widow
Irene who lives in Fairbanks on
Yankovich Road, and five children:
Duane 23. Delmar 22, Patrick 21.
Carol Ann 20 and Margie 18. all of
whom are living in Folley, Minne
sota.
Pallbearers for Fouquette are Les
ter Dodson. Lee Montgomery,
George Bojanich, Avery Moore.
Danny Smith, and Wayne Broad
head.
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that maintenance of them will be
done by people benefiting from the
roads where they are constructed.
The Highway Department builds
the roads but the programming of
any project is under the Department
of Natural Resources.
Engineering Work
Funds are already available for
preliminary engineering work on
numerous other projects through
out the State.
This enables the Highway Depart
ment to get out additional contracts
to the private contractors.
Here are some of the projects
planned for the future:
A road from the Alaska Rail
road crossing near Hurricane north
to Cantwell, a distance of 42.6 miles.
Engineering cost estimated at
$800,000.
University Avenue road and
bridge, 1.5 miles. $21,500.
Bridge at Nenana
A bridge crossing the Tanana
River at Nenana. $150,000.
A road from 4.9 miles north of
the south boundary of the Clear
Military Reservation via Ferry and
Healy to McKinley Park station.
$182,500.
Additional road work from Ne
nana south. $3,000.
A road from Paxson west to the
west bank of the Tangle River.
$52,000.
A road from the Tangle Lakes
west to McLaren River. $50,000.
A road from Cantwell Junction
north to the north approach of the
Nenana River $60,000.
A road from the north approach of
the Nenana River north to McKin
' ley Park. $40,000.
A road from Delta Junction to
Shaw Creek. $45,000.
A road from Shaw Creek to the
north gate of Eielson Air Force
Base. $110,000.
A road from junction FAP 37
and FAP 61 in Fairbanks to Eielson
Air Force Base. $400,000.
Total cost of all primary engin
I eering, $1,939,000.
i Secondary Roads
Preliminary engineering in the
secondary jobs is a follows:
A road fram Chatanika northeast
for 15 miles. $75,000.
Extension of the road from Eure
ka to Tanana on the Elliott High
way. $600,000.
Additional work on the Elliott
Highway from Fox northwest to
Globe Creek. $150,000.
Additional work on Steese High
! way from Fox to Chatanika $100,
000.
Total cost of secondary engineer
ing, $925,000.
Total cost of all preliminary en
j gineering, $2,864,000.
Kenneth McHnle
Funeral Services
Kenneth McHale, 45 years old
Fairbanks carpenter who died here
from exposure in his cabin on
March 25, was buried in San Fran
cisco Friday.
Funeral services for McHale were
conducted at MacAvoy and O'Hara
Mortuary of San Francisco and in
terment followed in the National
Cemetery.
McHale’s brother Vincent of San
Francisco came to Fairbanks last
week to accompany the body to
California.
Survivors other than Vincent Mc
Hale include Robert McHale of San
Mateo: and two sisters. Mrs. Alto
Hontzsche of San Francisco and
Mary McHale of Fairfax, Calif.
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