In Alaska Stat. § 19.30.111 – 19.30.241,

(1) “construction” means the building of a new road, street or trail or the improvement of existing roads, streets or trails and includes the necessary preliminary engineering, construction engineering and utility relocation;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 19.30.241

  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) “home rule city” means a city as defined in Alaska Stat. § 29.04.010;
(3) “local government” means an organized borough of any class, a unified municipality, or a city of any class;
(4) “local service road” means a public road that is used by an average of fewer than 750 vehicles each day and that is not designated as a route on the approved primary, urban, or interstate federal-aid highway system;
(5) “project” means an undertaking to construct a particular portion of a local service road or trail, or, if the context so implies, the particular portion of a local service road or trail so constructed;
(6) “secondary road” means a road that is not included in the approved federal-aid primary highway system and is being maintained by the state or local government;
(7) “trail” means a footpath or way on land or water that is open to public use as a matter of right whether or not a thoroughfare, particularly for dog sleds and mechanized snow vehicles.