Post by Logan on Jun 15, 2016 23:17:07 GMT -6
If anyone decides to move forward with building the long-controversial road through Anchorage's University-Medical District, they will have to get approval from the city's planning commission again.
Anchorage's Board of Adjustment on Tuesday threw out last year's resolution passed by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission that supported the U-Med District Northern Access Project — a north-south road linking Elmore Road and south Bragaw Street. The commission had passed a resolution in support of the project in the fall of 2015, and then the grassroots Citizens for Responsible Development appealed the commission's decision.
"We filed a roughly 25-page appeal with over 100 pages of citations," said Carolyn Ramsey, an Anchorage resident who chairs the citizens' group that opposes the construction of the road.
As the Board of Adjustments worked toward a decision, a lot changed with the project.
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz pulled the city's support for the U-Med road project in December and the planning came to a halt. Then in May, state lawmakers transferred the $18.8 million in state funding for the project to the University of Alaska's capital budget so it could build the road, instead of the city. Gov. Bill Walker still must sign off on the Legislature's budget.
Read more: www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2016/06/15/anchorages-stalled-u-med-road-project-gets-another-setback/
Anchorage's Board of Adjustment on Tuesday threw out last year's resolution passed by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission that supported the U-Med District Northern Access Project — a north-south road linking Elmore Road and south Bragaw Street. The commission had passed a resolution in support of the project in the fall of 2015, and then the grassroots Citizens for Responsible Development appealed the commission's decision.
"We filed a roughly 25-page appeal with over 100 pages of citations," said Carolyn Ramsey, an Anchorage resident who chairs the citizens' group that opposes the construction of the road.
As the Board of Adjustments worked toward a decision, a lot changed with the project.
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz pulled the city's support for the U-Med road project in December and the planning came to a halt. Then in May, state lawmakers transferred the $18.8 million in state funding for the project to the University of Alaska's capital budget so it could build the road, instead of the city. Gov. Bill Walker still must sign off on the Legislature's budget.
Read more: www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2016/06/15/anchorages-stalled-u-med-road-project-gets-another-setback/