All-purpose vehicles will continue to be permitted on Kodiak streets under new statewide rules that went into effect January 1. That the decision came after a long – and at times – impassioned City Council meeting last week. Last fall, Governor Dunleavy’s office announced that all-purpose vehicles – like side-by-sides and all-terrain vehicles – would be street legal in Alaska …
Read More »City mulls restricting all-purpose vehicle use on the streets of Kodiak
All-purpose vehicles, like off-road side-by-sides and all-terrain vehicles, can legally travel Alaskan roadways. Last fall, the governor’s office announced the relaxed regulations, and they went into effect this past weekend, but those changes might be short-lived on parts of Kodiak Island. Kodiak City Council will have a first reading next week of a draft ordinance to limit APV use within …
Read More »One person dead following early morning hit-and-run near the Rezanof Drive Dip
One person is dead following a hit-and-run incident discovered early Wednesday morning on West Rezanof Drive near Pier III. The Kodiak Police Department responded to a call at approximately 6:20 a.m. from a citizen reporting a person laying on Rezanof near Pier III, which is the dock with the big crane. According to a release from KPD issued at noon …
Read More »Beware of traffic light malfunction at Marine Way and Rezanof
Drivers downtown should be aware that part of the traffic light at the corner of Rezanof Drive and Marine Way is not working. The Kodiak Police Department says the light is broken on the side facing traffic coming in from Bells Flats and the airport. Drivers coming from the Y, Marine Way or Alder won’t see the dead green light. …
Read More »Targeted Tubes Track Tangible Traffic Tally
Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Motorists may have noticed some unusual black hoses running across sections of the Kodiak road system. Howard Helkenn works for the State of Alaska Department of Transportation as the highway data manager for central region. He said the lines were put on various parts of the road to track traffic.
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