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Engineering Manager Carl Heim says the Transportation Department plans to begin work in about a year on the so-called GARS project. That’s an acronym for the four roadways that converge at the intersection: Gaffney Road, Airport Way, and the Richardson and Steese highways.
State Department of Transportation officials want to reconstruct the so-called GARS intersection – where Gaffney Road, Airport Way and the Richardson and Steese highways converge – to improve safety and traffic flow.
Credit Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
“So we’ll have a full construction season, April through October, and then the following year, April through October,” he said. “So, it’ll be two full seasons – so it’ll be ’22 and ’23.”