What you need to know:
- A $3.5 million state road project will add new medians to an about 1.5-mile stretch of the Parks Highway in Wasilla, blocking most left turns and extending some existing turn lanes at lights to improve traffic flow at the Palmer-Wasilla Highway intersection.
- The median will alter how drivers access key businesses like Lowe’s, Evangelos, and the Sun Mountain Shopping Center.
- Rapid commercial development, including a 107-room Hilton hotel, is driving urgency for the improvements.
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WASILLA – An upcoming project will install medians along the middle of the Parks Highway on the west side of Wasilla, blocking most left turns from the center lane and lengthening a stop light turn lane on Palmer-Wasilla Highway Extension heading toward Home Depot, state and city officials said last month.
The update also includes extending a right-turn lane at the Palmer-Wasilla Highway stop light below Home Depot to allow more space for vehicles turning right onto the Parks Highway away from Wasilla, they said.
Officials said the projects are intended to reduce collisions and improve traffic flow near the Parks and Palmer-Wasilla Highway intersection…