West Anchorage District Plan

The West Anchorage District Plan is now available for review. Implementation of this comprehensive plan will influence local neighborhoods, the Coastal Trail, parklands, greenbelts, and city design across large portions of Anchorage from the Spenard area to the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.  If you live in West Anchorage, use the Coastal Trail, or care about your parks, you should make your voice heard about how these areas are developed.    Public comments are due June 10. To review the plan, click here.

It is very important that the plan ensures that:

• Long-standing airport-neighborhood impact issues are adequately addressed, including air and ground noise, air pollution, water quality, and protection of natural open space buffers between the airport, homes, and recreational areas.

• A strategy is in place for the long-term protection of the Coastal Trail and an associated greenbelt on both public and private lands, including transfer of all remaining Municipal Heritage Land Bank land along the trail to the Parks Department for dedicated parkland status.

• No land trades between the city and the airport include giving the airport dedicated Point Woronzof parkland for construction of another North-South runway west of the existing one.

• The Town Center concept centered at Spenard and West Northern Lights is well-planned, with good design for both motorized and non-motorized users.

Comments can be submitted by mail to:

West Anchorage District Plan

Planning Division/Long-Range Planning Section

MOA Community Development Department

PO Box 196650

Anchorage, AK 99519-6650

or by e-mail to:  WestAnchPlan@muni.org

or by fax: 343-7927