Amats: FFY26-27 upwp

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities received a Formula Grant award of $4,206,326.43 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), with an award date of September 19, 2025. This grant supports the development and implementation of the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the Anchorage metropolitan area, covering the period from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, with a final completion date of June 30, 2028.

The UPWP identifies and delineates all transportation planning and air quality planning activities within the Municipality of Anchorage's metropolitan area, regardless of funding source. The program coordinates federal assistance sought from both the FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for planning and programming activities essential to Alaska's multimodal transportation infrastructure development. Through this planning initiative, the state develops comprehensive transportation strategies that inform project selection and implementation across highway systems, transit services, and related infrastructure improvements necessary to support Alaska's economic development and connectivity needs.

Project description

The unified planning work program (UPWP) identifies all transportation planning and/or air quality planning or programming activities within the metropolitan areas of the municipality of anchorage (MOA), alaska regardless of funding source. IT delineates tasks for which federal assistance is sought from the federal highway administration (FHWA) and the federal transit administration (FTA) of the I.S. Department of transportation. The period of performance for this program is october 1, 2025 through september 30, 2027.