Vision

The Tribal Transportation Department’s primary responsibility is to assist the tribe in the improvement and maintenance of roads and bridges within communities in which its members reside. As outlined in its Tribal Transportation and Improvement Program, funds are provided for planning, construction, transit, and maintenance activities. The Tribal Transportation Improvement Program can include activities defined in 23 U.S.C. § 101 for transportation projects providing access to or within Federal or Indian lands. 

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The Tribal Transportation Program desires to develop, implement, operate, and maintain a cost effective, integrated transportation network. This network of existing and future facilities will provide safe and efficient access for the movement of persons, and goods within and through our Community. This network will foster and support an economic development while protecting the natural, cultural, and traditional environment.

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Mission

Through innovation and partnership; we will strive to be a performance-driven organization committed to collaborating with internal and external partners to deliver a transportation department that strives for the standard of excellence in serving our tribal citizens​.​

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Goals and Objectives for the Transportation Department include:

 

• Complete update and revision of Knik Tribe’s Long-Range-Transportation-Plan (LTRP) 

• Update Knik Tribe’s Inventory of Roads to include road projects, including routes to tribal member properties for maintenance. 

• Identify road construction projects. 

• Participate in partnership planning with various Federal, Tribal, State, and Local Transportation units of government.

• Provide Road Maintenance, Snow Removal and Transit Services to tribal members.

• Participate as cooperating agency on Environmental Impact Statements.

• Coordinate cultural resource mapping in ArcGIS for Knik Cultural Resources ArcGIS database.

• Participate with tribes and the US Army Corp of Engineers on NEPA Section 106 process.

• Provide various ArcGIS mapping services to KTC Departments and other clients. 

• Coordinate proposed Knik Housing Development of roads and driveways.

• Provide consultation for Knik Tribe tribal enterprise and organizational development on roads and transportation related projects.

• Provide impact assessment and tribal impact assessment related to municipal transportation projects within the Matanuska Susitna Valley.

• Review US Army Corp of Engineers Permit Applications for proposed infrastructure projects affecting wetlands in the Matanuska Susitna Valley.