Why is ADOT&PF conducting a statewide functional classification update?
• ADOT&PF is the responsible agency for assigning and updating the federal functional classification of Alaska’s public roads. • ADOT&PF conducted the last statewide functional classification update in 1992-93. Since then, throughout the state, there have been changes in land use, travel patterns, traffic generators, traffic volumes, economic conditions, and urban/rural boundaries. • Classifying roads (from major highways to local roads) according to the function each serves in the overall transportation network provides ADOT&PF an efficient and effective planning tool for organizing, developing, and maintaining road systems. • This update project will ensure that all public roads are assigned an appropriate federal functional classification and those roads that serve as a collector or arterial route are tracked in ADOT&PF’s road system database.
Related Questions
- Has ADOT&PF been using supplemental state functional classification guidelines in addition to FHWAs Functional Classification Guidelines manual?
- Is the ADOT&PF or local agency assigned functional classification used as the basis for determining design standards?
- Why is ADOT&PF conducting a statewide functional classification update?
