Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 10 - Engineering: Encroachments, Driveways, and Road Approaches
Article 2 - Driveway and Approach Road Permits
17 AAC 10.075 - Traffic impact mitigation

(a) A permittee shall make improvements to a highway or intersection to maintain an acceptable LOS if a highway or intersection has an

(b) If a highway has an unacceptable LOS under 17 AAC 10.060(b) without traffic generated by the development, either at the opening date of the development or in the design year of the development, a permittee shall make improvements to the highway so the operation of the highway does not deteriorate more than 10 percent in terms of delay time or other appropriate measures of effectiveness with the addition of the traffic generated by the development at the opening date of the development or in the design year.

(c) A permittee for which a traffic impact analysis report has been approved shall use signs and markings on approaches to highways within the development that conform with the Alaska Traffic Manual, 2005, described in 17 AAC 20.950(1), and adopted by reference. Internal circulation and parking layout must provide sufficient queuing distance within the development between the highway and potential internal block points to ensure no traffic backs up onto the highway, including bicycle or pedestrian facilities.

(d) If a traffic impact analysis discloses impacts upon pedestrian and bicycle traffic, a permittee shall take steps to mitigate the impact.

(e) The department will, in its discretion, relax the requirements for mitigation under this section, if it finds in writing that the