Reconnecting Fairview

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Community residents are invited to participate in team building, workshops, networking, and neighborhood projects to make Fairview a safer, more connected, and vibrant neighborhood.

Reconnecting Fairview

Safe streets and walkable neighborhoods should be available to everyone in Anchorage. If you’ve seen the sidewalks in winter or heard about recent collisions and pedestrian deaths, you know that all to often Fairview gets left behind. It’s time to change that. 

Help achieve Fairness for Fairview by reconnecting the community. Comment on the future of the highways that run through our neighborhood. The Gambell-Ingra corridor serves as the connection between the Seward and Glenn Highways, but it is a dangerous, high-speed corridor. It does not have to be this way.

On February 28th, 2023, the Fairview community was awarded a Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is the first-ever Federal program to reconnect communities previously cut off from economic opportunities by transportation infrastructure. There will be many community projects in throughout 2023+ for this effort. See our press release here.

 

You can watch a short clip on this here: 

Seward to Glenn Highway Connection: Gambell & Ingra Streets

What is a PEL?

The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) is leading a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study for the highway connection for the Seward and Glenn highways, including 5th & 6th Avenue and Gambell & Ingra Streets.

“PEL studies are a collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision making that considers environmental, community, and economic goals and impacts.”

For more information on the highway study, visit: www.sewardglennmobility.com.

Our Goals

Make Fairview whole. Correct the wrongs that have been inflicted on Fairview, like disinvestment, unsafe roads, pollution, and more.

Put environmental justice first. Address ongoing environmental injustices, including health and economic inequities.

Shape our future. Enact Fairview’s community vision in the 2040 Land Use Plan & Fairview Neighborhood Plan.

Revitalize Fairview. Improve economic conditions, strengthen community resilience, improve health outcomes, and advocate for a more livable Winter City.

Reduce the highway’s impact. Be innovative with options, like the Fairview Greenway, three-lane road diet, and more.

Safety for all. Include pedestrian, bicycle, and transit users at every step.

Better public engagement. Improve outreach by working with residents of all backgrounds. Meet us where we’re at.

An Alternate Future

What do you want to see along the Gambel-Ingra Corridor in the future? Starting in February 2023, the PEL Study Team is reviewing “alternatives” that could be built along the corridor. Here are some comments to consider to meet the neighborhood’s goals: 

  • The safety and connectivity of the neighborhood will make a better corridor for all roadway users.
  • Prioritize pedestrian safety along the corridor with safe, wide sidewalks, safe crosswalks, and slower vehicle speeds.
  • Include safe separated bicycle facilities along the corridor. 
  • Restore the main street-feel on Gambell to revitalize the neighborhood.

Fairview Community Resources

PEL Postcard 5/22

This postcard was mailed to all Fairview residents in May 2022 for the Seward Glenn PEL public hearing.

Seward Glenn PEL action alert 6/22

This action alert shares some of the Fairview neighborhood's goals for the PEL public comment period​

Reconnecting Fairview 10/22

Fairview is working on neighborhood revitalization through community-led highway redesign

Seward Glenn PEL flyer 11/22

This flyer shares the Fairview neighborhood's goals for the PEL process.

Fairness For Fairview window sign 1/23

You can print this on a 8.5x11" paper to put in your window.

Reconnecting Fairview press release 3/23

See our grant announcement here

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