Project Overview

The purpose and need of this project is to provide an improved travel corridor between Brayton Drive and Abbott Road. The east/west flow of traffic between Abbott Road and Brayton Drive is currently interrupted by a stop sign with a 90-degree turn at the intersection of Academy Drive and Vanguard Drive. The 90-degree intersection configuration may be replaced with one that allows more free-flow traffic conditions in the east-west direction. The project would improve east/west traffic connectivity, provide more efficient traffic flow, and better accommodate potential traffic volume increases which may be generated by a future extension of Academy Drive to the west beneath the Seward Highway.

Academy Drive and Vanguard Drive are roadways that are managed by the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA). However, as a federally funded project, the project is being completed cooperatively with the MOA Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions (AMATS) and the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF). The MOA’s Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) approach will be utilized to improve motorized and active transportation needs in the project area.