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Problem Corner is an iconic radio show that has become a vibrant community hub. Callers engage in a wide array of discussions, ranging from local political debates to community commentary and casual advertisements for listeners looking to buy, sell, or trade personal items.
The show's rich history is marked by its association with several prominent local figures. Notably, Dennis Egan, a former mayor of Juneau, was a key personality in shaping the show's direction in the 1980s.
As a testament to its enduring relevance and appeal, "Problem Corner" has etched its name in the annals of Alaskan broadcasting history. It's not just a radio show but a cultural landmark, celebrated for being the longest-running radio show in Alaska.
Come to the new problem corner, Alaska's longest running radio show. Connect, share, and discuss the topics that matter to Juno and all of Southeast Alaska. Join the conversation at 907-586-1800 and online at k I nyradio.com. Now here's your host, Mike Lane.
Speaker 2:Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Craig Dahl, and I'm filling in for Mike Lane. I'm gonna start lobbying for my own intro here pretty soon though. Here today to fill in for Mike, I've got Justin in the studio watching over the panel to make sure I don't touch any of the wrong buttons, so, he keeps us on the straight and narrow. You know, Problem Corner's longest running radio program in Alaska, and, this is an opportunity for you all to call in, sell things, buy things, complain about things, comment on things that affect our community.
Speaker 2:So the lines are open at 586-1800, or you can email on the link that's on the KINY webpage. So, let's call in the day. Let's have a good discussion. And, of course, as always, we're supposed to just have a brief comment about the wet weather. Look out your window.
Speaker 2:Forecast for snow, 8 to 10 inch or 8 to 1 o'clock this afternoon, we were supposed to have snow. I didn't see any, so that didn't happen. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy. Why don't we call it partly sunny? High of 42, 13% chance of rain.
Speaker 2:Saturday, we're back to rain, possibly some snow. And then Sunday, it looks like we might be back to some partly cloudy. So on again off again. So today we have a special guest in the studio, we have Chris Goins who's the regional director for South Coast for the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and, we're gonna talk about what goes on to get roads built, planned and, and of course I'm gonna immediately cut Chris off. I told him we're getting interrupted a lot but, lines are flashing so let's take the first call.
Speaker 2:Good afternoon. You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 3:Hi. Yes. I'm still looking for an 0 5 Nissan Pathfinder transmission. If anybody has one, I'd really appreciate it.
Speaker 2:And, say again, what's it what's the transmission for?
Speaker 3:An o five Pathfinder.
Speaker 2:Okay. An o five Pathfinder. K. And what's your number?
Speaker 3:907 5008041.
Speaker 2:Okay. We'll see if we get someone to give you a call.
Speaker 3:Appreciate it. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Okay. So he's looking for a transmission for an 05 Pathfinder.
Speaker 4:You can give him a call at
Speaker 2:90750 08041. Good afternoon. You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 5:Hello.
Speaker 2:Hello.
Speaker 5:Good morning.
Speaker 2:Morning.
Speaker 5:I haven't talked on problem corner for a couple of decades. Dennis Egan was the last one I talked to.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh. You must be as old as I am.
Speaker 5:I'm pretty damn old.
Speaker 2:Hey, But I'm nicer, by the way. I'm nicer than Dennis, just so you know.
Speaker 5:Alright. Well, he's pretty nice. Hey. Hey. I was curious.
Speaker 5:I was at the Glory Hall recently donating some clothing, and, I noticed that they, I found out that they had syringes to the drug users and they don't have a exchange program. And I was kind of curious as to who might be contacted to find out why they don't have one because they keep finding syringes in the bus stops and the trails.
Speaker 2:So I don't really have a good answer to that, but I think if you call out and speak to the director of the glory hall, you'll probably get a pretty quick answer. And, yeah. But I don't I don't have a good one for you on that one.
Speaker 5:Alright. Well, thank you for your time, sir.
Speaker 2:Okay. And, thanks for calling in.
Speaker 5:Yep. Have a
Speaker 2:Okay. Chris, good morning or good afternoon.
Speaker 6:Yeah. Good afternoon.
Speaker 2:So tell us, what is the director regional director of South Coast? What's the region that you are over that you oversee?
Speaker 6:So we oversee all the highways, airports, and ferry terminals, within, Yakutat down to Ketchikan, Metlacatla area. And then I have the Lake Pen burrow, Kodiak, and the Aleutian chain all the way up to ADAC. So we cover a vast area and a lot of the major roads and major airports with a few exceptions.
Speaker 2:Pretty much the entire coastline? Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 6:Yep. Yeah. So it's
Speaker 2:more than just the South Coast. It's really the whole coast.
Speaker 6:Well, there's some there's some breaks in there from Yakutat over to Kodiak for instance, but, yeah. Pretty much. And our and our ferry terminals, our region covers each of the ferry terminals, across the state.
Speaker 2:Would you like me to lobby for having your title changed to the whole coast director? We're gonna take a call here. Good afternoon. You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 7:Oh, hello. Good afternoon. A friend of mine wanted to know the about the red coat that you've been able to last week.
Speaker 8:Can you repeat that one more time?
Speaker 2:Repeat that.
Speaker 7:It's the red coat.
Speaker 2:A red coat?
Speaker 7:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:So I don't have any info I don't have that. That that I don't have a list of what we, did last week.
Speaker 9:So So 80 before. Okay?
Speaker 7:He wanted to know the lady to call her.
Speaker 2:I okay. Could do you have a number that she could call you at?
Speaker 7:No. That's why I'm asking.
Speaker 2:Okay. Alright. Hopefully, she's listening. Have a good day. Good afternoon.
Speaker 2:You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 6:Hello.
Speaker 2:Hello.
Speaker 10:So I have some new, jeans for sale. They're size 18 women's and twenties, and they've been sitting in the closet since the bottom. There are, like, 3 pairs that I wore a few times, but they were just too big. $15 of the best offer, and the phone number is 209-6860.
Speaker 2:Oh, was that 6860?
Speaker 7:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Okay. 209-6860. And you've got Yeah. 18 20 size women's jeans and Mhmm. $15.
Speaker 2:Is that $15 for all of them?
Speaker 3:Yeah. No. Each.
Speaker 2:Each. Okay. Oh, you know, just checking. So Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 2:Let's see if we can get someone to give you a call.
Speaker 3:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:Alright. Have
Speaker 2:a great day. So I only have sound in one ear. Okay. So let's get back to your region. Actually, let me ask another question.
Speaker 2:How long have you been up here now?
Speaker 6:I've been in Alaska at Thanksgiving will be, 10 years. We got off the ballast peanut and drove in sight unseen and fell in love.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 6:So yeah.
Speaker 2:So you're dug you're dug in for for forever now at this point.
Speaker 6:I got the house, don't have the boat, got a kayak, so I guess that counts.
Speaker 2:That counts.
Speaker 6:They got me.
Speaker 2:So, let's go right into one of the projects that got a little publicity this week specifically because I think you kicked in the new rules for the Fred Meyer intersection. You wanna talk about that for a few minutes?
Speaker 6:Yeah. So that was stage 1 of 3 different stages of of projects that we're trying to work for, and we recognized we had to do something because of the safety concerns there. You know, I saw the accidents. I'd see it back up every every time we'd have one there there at Fred Meyer. And when we started the planning environmental linkage study, that led to the suggested three projects, We recognized that that, we needed to do something immediately, and folks were, basically saying, I'm having a hard time when I'm turning left, telling if somebody is in in the lane that's coming at me at 55 to 65 miles an hour because that's what people tend to travel, about 10 miles over, it seems like.
Speaker 6:Or are they in the turn lane trying to get to Fred Meyer? And they were making those judgment calls and then in the dark, and we were noticing a pattern of those accidents happening in the wintertime when it gets darker. So, you know, pretty much November 1st to January 31st is when we were seeing the majority of the accidents. And so what we did is we we said, okay. We need to separate, and that's where you see the the added striping to separate that distance.
Speaker 6:And then we are we are lowering the speed in that area and just trying to remind folks that speed has an impact. The higher the speeds, the more severe the accidents. Given that the probability is higher at that time, that's where we we thought, okay. We gotta go down to a lower speed. We gotta ask people to do that, play their part, each and every one, and we wanted to go down to 45 miles an hour to reduce that severity if an accident was to occur and to give more time for people to make that judgment call to make that left hand turn at that location.
Speaker 6:So that's what we're doing, and that takes effect November 1st, and it goes all the way to January 31st.
Speaker 2:And it starts at Sunny Point, roughly?
Speaker 6:Yep. So when you're headed out to the valley, it starts at Sunny Point, and ends just after the Andouken intersection, Vass, Fred, Meyer. And then when you're going the other direction, it starts just past McNugget and, again, ends right after you get past the Andouken intersection. Okay.
Speaker 2:So Well, we're gonna take a quick break and come back and talk about phase 2, phase 3 on that just to get just to complete that out. So Wonderful. We'll be right back.
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Speaker 1:Now back to the new problem corner where Juno meets to connect and engage on the topics that are important to you. Join the conversation at 907-586-1800.
Speaker 2:So we're back to problem corner, and we have our guest in the studio today, Chris Goins, who's the regional director the South Coast regional director for the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. So, Chris, let's finish the conversation on Fred Meyer. What's next with that intersection?
Speaker 6:Yeah. So there's 2 more stages. The most important one is really, was identified in the Pell study, and that is, a a full intersection, a lighted intersection at that, that location. And so that was something that wasn't previously funded coming out of the Pell, and the folks like the Chamber of Commerce and the city really helped to get that, really that along with us who are advocating, this project needs to go in. And so it made it into last step, and we have been charging away at getting that in place.
Speaker 6:And so, the survey's wrapping up right now. We got a consultant, Parametrics. It's, based out of Seattle. Does a lot of this type of work. Crew we worked with that does excellent professional work, and we're pushing really hard to get that job out as fast as we can.
Speaker 6:It's in the stip in the year 26 for construction. We actually hope that it'll be sooner than that, and we can get the funding and move all that up. So we're we're just pushing ahead, like, you know, just get all these hurdles out of our way. Let's let's do it as fast as we possibly can. And and hopefully, on the back end, folks will work with us.
Speaker 6:So, that's stage 1 the next stage or stage 2, I should say. And then stage 3, is connecting, on the backside of Fred Meyer into McNugget. And one of the things that we recognize in that planning study is will there's when there is an accident, which could happen even when with an intersection, there was a cutoff of the community, from downtown to the valley. And so this would, give that alternative route, and redundancy in the system. And so that would be the 3rd phase, and that phase is not funded at this time, but I'm always accepting support letters.
Speaker 6:And I know that you Craig, you've given me one and and and others have too. And so we're looking for grant funding associated with that.
Speaker 2:I in an ideal world, that's probably, what, 3, 4 years out?
Speaker 6:It's a significant effort. So one of the things, that always plays a a a tough, in our process is right away acquisition. We don't own the property on the backside of that. Most of that property is owned by the forest service, actually. And so, one of the things I committed to early recognizing that this was an an issue that really mattered, and we had we needed to start working on that, was to start the right away process with overhead dollars.
Speaker 6:And so, in fact, I have been having a lot of these conversations with the forest service myself, beginning that process because that's probably a 3 year process just to go through the right away acquisition with the forest service. So we've been engaged with that. It it doesn't cost us money to be able to go get that with them, but it is a very, very long federal process that we have to overcome, to get through.
Speaker 12:So we're
Speaker 6:working through that.
Speaker 2:Not surprising. I know this is probably too far out to ask the question, but if you have the road connecting into the McNugget intersection, would you still have the light at, Young Duncan?
Speaker 6:Yeah. Yeah. I I think we would. It would it's still a part of the process. It's still identified as a need.
Speaker 6:There there's other unique things happening there. You know? I I I keep increasingly seeing pedestrians crossing in that location. And that that's a significant concern when you got somebody trying to get to the airport and they're not using the the path along the back backside of Fred Meyer there and they're dragging their luggage across the way when people are traveling 65 miles an hour. It's terrifying.
Speaker 2:Any possibility of an overpass for pedestrians?
Speaker 6:So that was not what was selected as the Pell study and what was identified. It was it was the lighted intersection there. And so that's that's what we're gonna be pursuing. That's what's in the scope, going forward.
Speaker 2:So I meant I didn't mean for the cars. I meant for pedestrians. Yeah. Pedestrians.
Speaker 6:That was one of the recommendations out of that. Yes. And so I guess there would be a 4th phase, that would come through that. But that's not what we're trying to immediately fund at this time. It's really trying to fund that light and and get that in place.
Speaker 2:Okay. Now I know we're gonna get interrupted on this, but what other projects might we see happening that impact Juneau specifically?
Speaker 6:We have a a list. I got a list here for 25. And you mentioned earlier when we were talking Wadley Creek, and Yeah. Don't, don't try to pronounce it if you look at it on the sign. But this is a creek that goes out by, the ferry terminal in between the Oc Bay and the ferry terminal.
Speaker 6:And we had some or a failure, and you'll see the the road has a cut down on the shoulder there. It's a fairly complex, brick or wall that we are looking to fix, and so that's been awarded. So that's coming. We got another large culvert, out the out the road, Bridgette Cove, that's coming into place. We got a chip seal, that's going, from Ock Bay out to the ferry terminal, and we're gonna be on the chips.
Speaker 6:They'll do a fix a few of the bumps that are out there. You probably noticed, I'm sure. We're wrapping up the Jordan Creek culvert. They're literally pumping around right now and installing culverts there at Jordan Creek because of the failure. And and we'll I'm hoping we can get everything done before the asphalt plant shuts down, but there may be some work that trickles into to next spring.
Speaker 6:We have Douglas stage 3 finishing up. We have the bridge joints we're gonna be working on that goes over from Douglas, into, downtown Juneau there that's coming. And then we got a few projects that are gonna be delivered, for design probably late in 25, so they're probably gonna make that 26th date. One of those is the Oc Bay East, Berth Ferry Terminal Improvement. So we're gonna have some ferry terminal work going on.
Speaker 6:We're looking at putting a roundabout at Loop and Minnehill Boulevard. So you probably heard about the local concurrence, that went through for the flight commission.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We just talked about that, from Monday night's assembly meeting when they took the planning commission's recommendation.
Speaker 6:So And that's great. And, we're excited about getting that. So that'll makes traffic through that sector even better than it was. And, and it's been significantly improved with the previous two roundabouts that we put in there. We're gonna be doing a full repay from the ferry terminal out to Lena.
Speaker 6:So I know that's a rough fairly rough section that'll happen in 26. And then at Vanderbilt, we're putting in something called the continuous green t. And so if you're traveling into the valley, once this project is or sorry, traveling into downtown, once this project is, made, you will not stop at a light there anymore. You will just be able to keep driving on. We're gonna add essentially a center, merge lane for left turns coming on to Vanderbilt.
Speaker 6:So we're excited about that one. That was a project that came out of, highway safety improvement program, funds. So, that's just getting going, but, we hope that it's fairly minor right away and and some of these process constraints are gonna be limited so we can get that out in in a short period of time.
Speaker 2:So That's excellent. Yeah. So, before we come back, I've got a couple other off the wall questions for you, but, we're gonna go ahead and break for the news and we'll be back in just a couple of minutes.
Speaker 14:From ABC News, I'm Michelle Franzen. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is set to announce his decision on the Menendez brothers' possible resentencing. It comes nearly 35 years after the brothers, Eric and Lyle, murdered their millionaire parents at their Beverly Hills home. ABC's Alex Stone is in downtown LA.
Speaker 15:There have been TikTok and celebrity campaigns to get the Menendez brothers released, a Netflix documentary, and a scripted series. This groundswell of pressure on the DA who is up for reelection and appears to be losing. He says, though, this is not political at all.
Speaker 14:A judge will make the final decision. It's a battleground blitz for vice president Harris and former president Trump in these final days of campaigning. Tonight in Georgia, a star studded rally for the vice president. She'll be joined by former president Obama, the first time they'll appear together on the campaign trail, and Bruce Springsteen will perform. Former president Trump has a rally in Las Vegas.
Speaker 14:Earlier, he's pledged to the fire, the man prosecuting him in the classified documents and federal election interference cases.
Speaker 16:The former president calls special counsel Jack Smith a scoundrel, and Donald Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt he'd fire Smith as one of his first official acts.
Speaker 9:I would fire him within 2 seconds.
Speaker 16:Trump had praise for federal judge Eileen Cannon who dismissed the classified documents case in Florida, accepting Trump's argument that Smith's appointment was unconstitutional. It's a ruling Smith is appealing.
Speaker 14:ABC Stephen Portnoy. After meetings in the Middle East, secretary of state Antony Blinken says talks will resume in the coming days to discuss a path forward in Gaza.
Speaker 17:We haven't, yet really determined whether Hamas is prepared, to engage. But the next step is getting the negotiators together.
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Speaker 18:A number of election ballots in Phoenix, Arizona were damaged after the Phoenix Fire Department says a US Postal Service mailbox was set on fire this morning by an unknown person. It's believed only 5 ballots were destroyed, but the secretary of state's office thinks it could have been up to 20. The secretary of state says it was a deliberate act of vandalism, and police are conducting a criminal investigation with postal inspectors. Zoreen Shah, ABC News Los Angeles.
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Speaker 1:You're listening to the new problem corner on KINY, bringing neighbors together for generations. From the days of Dennis Egan to today, we are proud to continue the tradition of lively debates, community insights, and local connections here on KINY.
Speaker 2:Okay. We're back with problem corner. And, actually, we have an email coming in. Justin, would you like to, read the email?
Speaker 8:Yeah. We got Donna who is selling some stuff. They are selling a 2 piece oak entertainment system on wheels with move with movable shelves, glass doors, display light. Pretty cool that they're asking $200 for this. So again, that's a 2 piece oak entertainment center.
Speaker 8:You can get a hold of Donna to get that entertainment center at 907-209-2227. 209 2227 for the entertainment system.
Speaker 2:You know, I think we make a pretty good team.
Speaker 22:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Okay. Just a second. We'll take one call. Good afternoon.
Speaker 2:You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 3:Lady.
Speaker 2:Hi, storage lady.
Speaker 3:Hi. You know, I just wanna put out there, the stuff that I have in that unit was really bought and intended a lot of it to help people in the community, but I ended up moving. So I'm looking for anyone that has good reason or good cause to help people in the community the same as I was feeling or looking at taking that unit over, which is preferable with the time limits that I have. Also, also, I just wanted to say that their storage units are limited right now, and it's really hard to get one. So it could turn out to be the win win situation.
Speaker 3:And, I just would hope that somebody any offers are welcome at this time to buy the contents and take over the unit. Please call me at 907-723-9788. I'm out of here on Saturday.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, it's been, several days. I hope someone gives you a call. It sounds like a pretty good deal. So
Speaker 3:Yeah. I've had multiple calls and people looking already. So Okay. Timing for a lot of people.
Speaker 2:Alright. That's great. Hey. Thanks for calling in again. Okay.
Speaker 2:Bye bye. Good afternoon. You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 23:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Well Can you hear me? Hi there. I can hear you.
Speaker 23:Oh, yeah. I'm just calling in about the bombardment deal going on here in Nangoon.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 23:I guess it's supposed to go on, but
Speaker 2:you know
Speaker 23:And, yeah, I was just call I was just calling in to just to talk about something about, you know, about how how it's supposed to process they're supposed to have on becoming a chief. You know, they they could be trained to be a chief, but in order to be a chief, you have to be brought out by the chiefs when they're ready. And when they're ready is when they have children. And That's the only way you can become a chief is if you have children because you treat your clan the same way you treat your children. And every time something happened on their side, they're supposed to step up.
Speaker 23:But to me, it seems like some are making themselves chiefs when they're not chiefs and don't have children. But you have to have children to become a chief, and then you're brought out at a party. So I just thought I'd throw that out there because things are going on over here that don't seem right.
Speaker 2:You know,
Speaker 23:They shouldn't be brought on on Facebook.
Speaker 2:I, I appreciate you calling in. And maybe, you know, on a regular basis, you should educate us, on some of these traditions and, you know, how they occur. By the way, I did look up I I understand that the, the ceremony is going to be this Saturday, and, I looked I couldn't figure out exactly the time. They did the time they did the ceremony in cake at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, but I don't know if they're doing it the same way in Angoon or not. So, but it is this Saturday.
Speaker 23:Yeah. I know. But, that's why I said, you know, things going on that shouldn't be.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah. Alright. Thanks for calling in.
Speaker 23:Okay. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Have a great day. Good afternoon. You're live on Problem Corner.
Speaker 22:Hello. I I have a question for your guest. He spoke about approaching Vanderbilt Hill intersection from the Old Glacier Highway and being able to turn I I kinda lost it. He he he went over that pretty quickly, and I I wanted to I'm kind of intrigued by what he said. I I wanna make sure I'm understanding it correctly.
Speaker 22:Could could I I've asked him to go over that again, and I would like to hang on in case I have another question.
Speaker 2:Okay. Chris, you wanna take that?
Speaker 6:Yeah. So I think your question there is about Vanderbilt, and the continuous green tea. So what we're essentially doing is allowing, the traffic and the two lanes that are headed into downtown to continue without having to stop. And the reason they're able to do that is because we're going to be building in the center of the island, there on the, the, downtown side of that intersection. Basically, a merge lane that the left hand turners coming off of Vanderbilt will be able to turn into and then come up to speed and then merge into.
Speaker 6:So they will never, be in the way of those drivers that are headed straight in, and they will just have a a simple merge movement much like you would have, really right there going the other direction if you're making a right hand turn on to Egan from Vanderbilt.
Speaker 22:Okay. Okay. Okay. I I'm getting what you're saying. So let me let me ask let me let me quiz you a bit here.
Speaker 22:So what I'm hearing you say is you're you're the the the solution you're creating is for
Speaker 5:is for those coming off of
Speaker 22:of the Old Glacier Highway and turning south towards the city. And so they're gonna go into the center. So you'll have a merge you're you're gonna create a merge line in the center of the in in the in the meridian there is where you're creating it. Right? Is that right?
Speaker 6:Exactly. They'll be merging from the meridian into, to the right.
Speaker 22:Okay. So it's not it's not okay. Sir, it's not it's not right to say that they don't have to stop. They they will have to stop because you have northbound traffic in those other two lanes that you will have to wait for. Right?
Speaker 6:So the it's it's the if you're making a left hand turn, yes, you'll have to stop at Vanderbilt. But if you're going straight through, and you're already on Eagan, you will no longer have to stop once that project is created.
Speaker 22:Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay. So when you said not stopping, you're talking about Eagan traffic does not have to stop. Okay. I I misinterpreted you to think that people coming off of the old road would would not have to stop.
Speaker 22:Okay.
Speaker 6:Yep. Yep. Exactly.
Speaker 22:Alright. Alright. Yeah. Communication is the lifeblood of any relationship Amen. As we know.
Speaker 2:Alright. Thanks, Wayne Thank you. For calling in, and Thank you. We'll talk later. And we gotta take a break.
Speaker 2:We didn't even get to the next question.
Speaker 23:It's okay.
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Speaker 2:Okay. We're back with problem corner. Chris, I'm gonna ask you some off the wall question before we get to the big one, which is how do we get projects approved? But you're building a new roundabout. I observed lots of roundabouts when I was driving in another country and they all seemed flat.
Speaker 2:I could see all the way across. Why do we have humps in the middle of our roundabouts?
Speaker 6:Yeah. So when you're here in Europe, those are the old style roundabouts, and and we've really, evolved a lot. We are now calling the newer roundabouts, modern roundabouts. And so why the bumps in the center, the very center of that circle, is is you don't need to look across to see the other side because we are purposely slowing you down. That s as you come into most roundabouts, that's intended to slow you down.
Speaker 6:And then we point you at each point, we want you to be paying attention to next as you go through the roundabout. So as you make that left hand turn, I only want you I don't want you looking across. I want you to actually look back, and make sure that no one's coming at you, and then I want you to be looking at if if you're gonna be exiting that next ramp to see if there's pedestrians there or if the car in front of you is about to stop. And and then we guide you through, and then we point you again where the pedestrians are, and we put you at a speed at which you should be able to stop. And those are all engineered mechanisms specifically to not overstimulate folks as you go into those roundabouts.
Speaker 6:Pay attention to where you need to pay attention to.
Speaker 2:Okay. I give up my argument. Now the person that called in the other day suggested speed bumps in the in the roundabouts. What's your thought about that?
Speaker 6:So again, we design on the front end specifically to slow you down. That s turn, we tighten up the lanes, oftentimes, with the the the islands and things like that, and it's all to make you feel slightly uncomfortable. So my favorite question somebody asks when they're like, I hate this roundabout. It's the worst thing ever. I say, you know, what does the roundabout make you feel like?
Speaker 6:And they go, well, it makes me feel uncomfortable. And I say, what happens when you're uncomfortable? Well, my head you know, I I'm looking around. I'm paying attention. I was like, oh my goodness.
Speaker 6:I've done my job. I I I when you come at the intersection, I want you to be paying attention to the hazards that could potentially exist and and be slower.
Speaker 2:Well, I love roundabouts, so I'm not gonna get at this any further. So what's it take to get a project approved? And I think the issue is, you know, you see something that needs to be built, expanded, fixed, call in 5 years ago, and it's still not there. How what what happens to these projects?
Speaker 6:Yeah. That's a great question. And and it really depends on the funding source of what it takes to get through. One of the things I actually brought into the studio, and I know a lot of you can't see this, but, it's something I've been talking about, Craig and others in the community about, we've been doing since I took the job with, as director. Our processes were were defined and and the process map of who's responsible for what are these steps, was basically covered on the 8a half by 11, two sides, and about 19 different steps.
Speaker 6:And what we found is each one of those steps are much more complicated than that. And we've been doing an effort to really define what those steps are in the federal process. And as it turns out, and and I haven't even fully mapped even the environmental pieces of this, we've we've really increased the clarity by about 4 and a half times and identified and and the maps that are sitting in front of me from a process standpoint are about a 119 different steps from the point of which I got through all the planning and I got to the point where I have money and can begin to move. As I was telling Craig here earlier, one of those steps is, say I'm gonna go drill and get the geotechnical information to be able to base the design off of. I got about 15 steps that aren't even on that list that are just to get the the historical requirements through to get approval so I can put a drill on the ground.
Speaker 6:So it's an extensive effort that we go through and and there's about 6 or 7 parties just within the department that cover their own expertise on those because it really takes somebody who has dedicated a career to it to understand a lot of these federal steps that we have got to step through.
Speaker 2:Well, it's an awesome looking chart and it sounds like you're gonna make it bigger. So we'll be right back. Good afternoon. You're live on problem corner.
Speaker 9:Yeah. I wanted to ask why on the roundabout there by Floyd Dryden that the, they only have a ped, crossing where you push the the button with the flashing lights for a ped pedestrian crossing. They only have it on one side of that. And sometimes with that hill, when you're going, from the glacier to Super Bear, that you don't see somebody because of the hill crossing on that side of the roundabout until they get almost in the middle of the intersection.
Speaker 6:Yeah. So what those are called are RRFBs, rapid rectangular flashing beacons, And we put those, specifically on the through movement, because it really didn't warrant it on the the side movement where they're actually not. That's going into the school, and unfortunately, the school is no longer in service, but there's still activities and things like that that go on. And so, we felt like that was that was the primary movement that we were most concerned with with the the school children at the time that were crossing in that location. And those actually hang up pretty high, so you can by the time you're getting around, you can really notice them flashing, and and they get your attention.
Speaker 6:And so we Yeah. I don't
Speaker 9:have any disagreement about the the lights. I but it's the one there. It doesn't have those lights.
Speaker 6:They're the side movement going to the to the or the middle school, former middle school. That's the one you're concerned about?
Speaker 9:Yeah. There's none on that one side of the, roundabout.
Speaker 6:Yeah. And and that's just because the the number of traffic that is, pedestrian traffic and the warrant for that, it really when we ducked into the engineering, it didn't warrant it. And most roundabouts actually don't have that as a feature. And the lights were not a requirement, that that was for even the through movement, but we felt it was necessary. And and so we just added that little extra bit of attention to it.
Speaker 6:In general, on roundabouts, as a whole, that slowing down component, has made huge improvements to, pedestrian accidents and risk across the board. So
Speaker 2:Thank you.
Speaker 9:I just noticed, you know, I'm not having those those ped crossing lights that, you know, people just just appear right out of nowhere because you can't see them crossing on the hill, you know, because they Yeah. They hop in there in the roundabout.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, I think appreciate your comments. Got it. Gotta go thanks for calling in. Gotta go to a commercial.
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Speaker 2:Okay. We're back for the last segment of the show with, Chris Goins from Department of Transportation. Chris, you wanna keep going here?
Speaker 6:Yeah. I just there's one more thing I wanted to add or actually two things. I wanted to give my MNO crew just a heck of a kudos for what they've done, and my team back at South Coast. I've told you, you know, we wanted to get to yes. Right?
Speaker 6:And and when I took over as director and I watched my team during the flooding, here in Juneau and and the many emergencies that we've gone through, which has just been outs just unbelievable. But my team, the m and o team here in Juneau specifically related to flooding, did amazing things and didn't just absolutely signed up, said we're going. We're gonna do this. We're gonna help out. And we're there for 60 hours straight for 2 and a half weeks removing debris, and I didn't hear a complaint once from them.
Speaker 6:They just did what they had to do, and I've seen that over and over and over, and I'm just so impressed. And the other thing I wanted to bring up was just it's winter. We're getting into winter. That was evident. I wanna encourage Pills, please drive for the conditions.
Speaker 6:Slow down. You know, I got kids out there now and, driving on the roads and it's sort of terrifying. And I'm like, think think about that distance. You're gonna need a lot more distance to stop here, so please do that. And then the other thing, again, for my Illinois crew, please don't crowd the plows.
Speaker 6:Don't try to pass the plows when they're out there. It's really important for your own safety and the safety of those drivers. And then the last winner one is if the avalanche gates are down at Thane, don't drive around them. Don't put yourself, the emergency responders in the situation and risk to do that. So, just please, please, please stay safe out there, folks.
Speaker 6:We really wanna make sure you get home to your families, during this time.
Speaker 2:You know, your crew's done a lot. I think back to all the work also when we had the slide in Wrangell. Yeah. We've had lots of situations. Your guys have stepped up and done an amazing job and they are to be complemented.
Speaker 2:And the snowplow, absolutely. Be careful with those guys. I love that one though that has the crazy trailer on the back that angles down the road. You have
Speaker 6:a tow plow?
Speaker 2:It's like it looks like it's out of control, but certainly you're not gonna drive around that
Speaker 6:one. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay. We have about 2 minutes left. I told Chris I was gonna ask him an unfair question, so here it is. Is the road out of Juneau on anybody's radar screen or process?
Speaker 6:I think the road out of Juneau is always on somebody's. I I I don't think I can go anywhere without seeing a bumper sticker or something out there. But from, what I what I have on my plate right now, that is not a project I have started. I haven't been asked to start it, but we have all the records and everything else. If somebody ever does say, hey, Chris.
Speaker 6:This is a priority. Move it up. You know, my my job is to follow those priorities that that I'm told to follow. So
Speaker 2:But if I write you a letter if I write you a letter, that's not gonna move it
Speaker 6:up the priority list. I will hand that to planning and we will list it as a potential desire and need for Craig and and whoever else would represent that letter.
Speaker 2:So Craig Okay. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. We'll see what happens. So I'm just gonna ride read one announcement before we close out. We have a ghost walk over at Mount Jumbo Gym.
Speaker 2:It's gonna be tomorrow, or no, excuse me, sorry, October 26th, 4 to 6 PM. There's gonna be games, candy, prizes. I I think everybody knows where Mount Jumbo Gym is at 909 4th Street, but, go out and have some fun. And I still wanna put a plug in for the, Fairweather Equestrian Center who's having pony rides also on Saturday. So, come on out.
Speaker 2:I think the time on that was 1 to 3, but I I don't have the notes right here in front of me. But come on out. Bring the kids out. Dress up for Halloween. Have a great time.
Speaker 2:Chris, thanks for being in the studio. Justin, thanks for helping out.
Speaker 8:Of course.
Speaker 2:We'll, talk to everybody tomorrow. Have a great day.
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