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Egan Sees Integrated Alaska Highway System
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tem connecting all areas of Al
aska with a network of roads
comparable to other states was
envisioned by Governor Will
iam A. Egan in his remarks to
the first organizational meet
ing of the Citizen’s Advisory
Committee on overall highway
needs study.
Following statehood, a pri
mary and secondary road sys
tem was established within the
financial boundaries of the
new state, he said, but there is
need for expansion of this sys
tem and the addition of a third
category of roads to provide
adequate surface transportation
for all communities in Alaska.
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how to finance the construc
tion and maintenance of them,
and an estimate of the cost
should be included in the fi
nal report of this study,
Alaska was neglected by the
federal government for many
years in respect to its road
needs, he said, but the results
of this study could provide the
rectification of this injustice.
The Federal-Aid Highway
Act of 1962 authorized the Al
aska Highway study and pro
vided an appropriation to the
Bureau of Public Roads to fi
nance it. The Bureau, earlier
this month, selected the con
sulting firms of Transportation
me., wasniiigiun,
1 D C., and Wilbur Smith and
Associates, San Francisco, to
conduct the study. It will be di
rected by the Bureau’s Region
al Engineer, William J. Niemi,
and Alaska's Highway Com
missioner, D. A. McKinnon.
Acting on a request from the
federal highway administrator,
Governor Egan has appointed
a five-man citizen's committee
to act in an advisory capacity
to the directors. The commit
tee consists of state senator
Howard Bradshaw, Sitka, state
representative Harold Strand
berg, Anchorage, former legis
lator Frank Chapados, Fair
banks, Nome newspaper editor
unu puunsner aim sumvan,
and William Mendenhall, Col
lege, president of the Alaska
section of the American Socie
ty of Civil Engineers.
The committee concluded a
two-day meeting today in Ju
neau with highway officials
and Curtis J. Hooper, project
director for the consultants.
Both McKinnon and Niemi
made presentations to the com
mittee on what the agencies be
lieve the study should encom
pass, although no firm outline
of operational procedures was
drafted. Another meeting will
be held after a formal contract
is signed between the Bureau
of Public Roads and the con
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Essentially, the study calls
for: an analysis of the adequacy
of the Federal-aid highway
program in Alaska; specific
recommendations as to the
construction of roads through
undeveloped areas of Alaska
and connection of such roads
with Canadian roads at the In
ternational boundary; and a
feasible program for imple
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CAMPBELL RITES
HELD SATURDAY
Graveside services were held
in the Palmer cemetery on Sat
urday, Oct. 19, for George M.
Campbell, 62.
Campbell died Oct. 16 in Pro
vidence Hospital following an
illness of several months. One
of the original Matanuska Val
ley colonists, he came here in
1935 and farmed in the valley
about six years. He also worked
for the Alaska Railroad, retir
ing in 1954.
He was born in Rose City,
Mich., on Aug. 23, 1901.
He is survived by four sons,
Sidney of Spenard, Gerald of
Anchorage, and George Jr. and
Norman of Palmer. Other sur
vivors are three sisters, Mrs.
Edna Schram, Saginaw, Mich.,
and Mrs. Mary Larson and Mrs.
Marjorie Thompson, both of
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
The Rev. Rolland Fritz of St.
John Lutheran Church in Pal
mer officiated at the Saturday
services. Pallbearers were Jack
Cope. Joe Loyer, Jack Zimow
ske, Clay Johnson, Sr., Darrell
Frank, and Donald Stroble.
It's too bad all the days of
the year couldn’t be like the
Christmas holidays.
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of tomorrow.
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