Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 05 - Administration
17 AAC 05.140 - Methods for receiving public input

(a) Not less than 45 days after notice is first published under 17 AAC 05.135(a) (1) of a proposed update to the statewide transportation plan, the department will form a public review group for the proposed update to the plan. In the public review group the department will include any person that

(b) The department will give members of a public review group written notice of all materials prepared during the update of the statewide transportation plan. In that notice, the department will state that copies of any specific documents are available upon request, and will identify any web site where documents are posted.

(c) A person may comment upon the proposed update to the statewide transportation plan by

(d) For any update of the statewide transportation plan, the department will conduct at least one public meeting to solicit comments from members of the public and interested persons. The department will provide notice of a public meeting in a manner that the department considers effective to notify affected communities and members of the public who are expected to attend.

(e) After considering public comments, the department will issue a draft statewide transportation plan. The commissioner may appoint a public advisory committee, with at least six members whom the commissioner considers representative of community or transportation interests, to review the public comments received under (c) and (d) of this section and recommend options for policy development or strategies for inclusion in the updated plan.