Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is a department within the government of Alaska.[1] It has its headquarters in Juneau.[2]

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF)
Agency overview
Headquarters3131 Channel Drive, P.O. Box 112500, Juneau, Alaska 99811
Agency executive
  • Marc Luiken, Commissioner
Websitewww.dot.state.ak.us

The Alaska Department of Transportation was established by Alaska Highway Commissioner Walter Parker during the administration of Governor Jay Hammond.[3]

References
  1. "Official website". Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities.
  2. "Contact Us Archived 2009-05-20 at the Wayback Machine." Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. Retrieved on October 25, 2009.
  3. Dunham, Mike (2014-06-26). "Longtime Alaska resources and transportation adviser Walter Parker dead at 87". Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved 2014-11-16.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities was a merger of two other Alaska Departments---The Department of Highways and the Department of Public Works. it was created on July 1, 1977. When Governor Hammond took office in 197ds5 he appointed Walter Parker as Commissioner of Highways and Donald Harris as Public Works Commissioner. Donald Harris survived and became Alaska's first DOT&PF Commissioner.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.