HB 154 Summary

• Appropriates $357,055,400 in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for stimulus projects across Alaska.

• Allocates $45.6 million for airport stimulus projects including improvements at Akiachak, Allakaket, Fairbanks International, Fort Yukon, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Ouzinkie, and Ted Stevens Anchorage International airports.

• Appropriates $148.3 million for highway and bridge stimulus projects including the Dalton Highway, Parks Highway, Alaska Highway, Glenn Highway, and various community road improvements throughout the state.

• Appropriates $9.1 million for transit stimulus projects including statewide rural formula capital projects and a downtown transit center in Juneau.

• Amends prior-year appropriations from 2000-2008 to reallocate funds between federal receipts and federal economic stimulus accounts for transportation projects.