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Alaska Department of Transportation

In Alaska, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) provides for the safe movement of people and goods, and the delivery of state services.  The principal executive officer of DOT&PF is the commissioner of transportation and public facilities[i].  The mission of DOT&PF is:

  • to improve the quality of life for Alaskans through cost effectiveness;
  • to provide, operate, and maintain safe, environmentally sound, and reliable transportation systems and public facilities;
  • to utilize meaningful public participation; and
  • to create working partnerships with other entities.

 

The commissioner shall classify the state into different regions.  The functions of DOT&PF within each region shall be performed by the regional transportation and public facilities director through a regional office.  The regional transportation and public facilities director is appointed by the commissioner[ii].

The powers and duties of DOT&PF include[iii]:

  • to plan, design, construct, and maintain all state modes of transportation and transportation facilities and all docks, floats, breakwaters, buildings, and similar facilities;
  • to study and determine whether the existing transportation modes and facilities should be improved or maintained;
  • to develop a comprehensive, long-range, inter-modal transportation plan for the state;
  • to study alternatives to existing modes of transportation in urban areas and the state, together with considering the economic, social, and environmental effects of each alternative;
  • to develop plans to improve urban transportation and to develop facility program plans for transportation and state buildings, docks, and breakwaters;
  • to cooperate, coordinate, and enter into agreements with federal, state, local government agencies, private organizations, and persons in exercising its powers and duties;
  • to coordinate and develop state and regional transportation systems;
  • to supervise aeronautics inside the state;
  • to implement the safety and financial responsibility requirements for air carriers; and
  • to inspect weights and measures in the state.

 

 

Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

[i] Alaska Stat. § 44.42.010.

[ii] Alaska Stat. § 44.42.040.

[iii] Alaska Stat. § 44.42.020.


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