The freeze won’t prevent agencies such as FAST Planning from spending the money it budgeted for its current projects, but it can’t make any changes or move funding around.
The tunnel will let wintertime recreational users of Creamers Field trails get to Birch Hill trails and will be under the future Steese Highway overpass off-ramps.
Alaska Department of Transportation engineers and HDR design consultants provided a brief update on the planned Steese/Johansen expressway interchange project during a town hall presentation Thursday night.
A massive $81 million overhaul of the Steese/Johansen interchange is slated to start in 2025, with full construction ramp-up starting the following year.