Cooper Landing Bypass

The proposal will limit hunting and trapping on and around the wildlife crossings planned for the Cooper Landing bypass project. The board decided the man-made choke point of the crossings makes them unsuitable for hunting.

An engineering consultant has been taking comments on the borough-managed parcel west of Cooper Landing for months. This week, they presented a plan that includes recreation and a residential subdivision.

The Alaska Department of Transportation will work on buying steel for the bridge over Juneau Creek Canyon, and is in the early stages of a project to improve traffic flow at the intersection of the Sterling and Seward Highways near Tern Lake.

After gathering public input in September, consultants working on a plan for the Cooper Landing-area parcel have drawn up maps of possible developments for the land.

Starting this week, the Alaska Department of Transportation said wood can be collected at the end of Langille Road between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The Cooper Landing Walkable Community Project has been working in some form since the '70s. The goal is to create separated paths that allow the town to be navigated by pedestrians and bikers.

The development of Unit 395, a 1,000-acre parcel northwest of Cooper Landing, was up for discussion among community members this week. A consulting firm will put together a report about possible uses for the area, including affordable housing and recreation.

Cooper Landing is heading into its second summer of construction on the Sterling Highway bypass project — the plan to divert traffic between mileposts 45 and 60 of the highway up to a bridge across Juneau Creek Canyon.

Regardless of how the tourism season shapes up, Cooper Landing will have over 100 new faces this summer.They’ll be in town to work on the Sterling Highway…

With more than a third of the design complete, the Alaska Department of Transportation wants to hear from the public about its plan for the Sterling…