Reconnecting Fairview
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Community residents are invited to participate in team building, workshops, networking, and neighborhood projects to make Fairview a safer, more connected, and vibrant neighborhood.
What's New!
Public Survey: April 2026
We want to hear from you!
Fairview is developing a community-led plan to improve Gambell, Ingra, and Hyder Streets that will consider strategies to support transportation safety, access, and economic revitalization.
This survey should take 5 to 10 minutes to complete, and answers are anonymous. Your feedback will help refine concepts for each road.
Fairview Neighborhood Survey
“Fairness for Fairview” is a community-led neighborhood initiative to heal the Gambell-Ingra Corridor by identifying opportunities for neighborhood revitalization, improved safety, increased economic opportunity, and other strategies that foster community identity and well-being.
This survey is a way for you to inform safety, accessibility, mobility, and other improvements you recommend throughout Fairview. Data collected is anonymous and will inform future Reconnecting Fairview efforts. We thank you for your time and feedback!
Reconnecting Fairview Corridor Plan
How Fairview Was Divided — and Why It Matters Today
In 1965, the construction of the Gambell-Ingra highway couplet divided the Fairview neighborhood, a decision the city itself acknowledged would “cut the neighborhood and create an island two blocks wide by ten blocks long.”
Today, Ingra Street and Gambell Street remain four-lane, 45 mph highways cutting through a residential neighborhood. For Fairview residents: including pedestrians, cyclists, children, seniors, and people with disabilities, these roads represent a daily safety risk. The couplet has fueled decades of city disinvestment, deteriorating health outcomes, inadequate public transit, missing sidewalks, and shrinking access to basic needs. The closure of the Carrs grocery store on Gambell Street is one visible symbol of the economic abandonment this infrastructure enabled.
Fairview deserves better. And Reconnecting Fairview is how we get there.
The Fairview community seeks heal the Gambell-Ingra Corridor by revitalizing and improving safety within it through economic analysis, active transportation traffic modeling, responsive greenway design and robust public engagement that includes civic dialogue and visualization processes.
The project is led by NeighborWorks Alaska (NWAK) in partnership with the Fairview Community Council (FVCC), focused on community-led solutions.
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Check out our Visions for Gambell, Hyder, and Ingra Streets
Hyder as a Pedestrian Boulevard and community thoroughfare for active modes between Chester Creek and Ship Creek.
What Reconnecting Fairview is Working to Achieve
- Make Fairview whole. Correct the wrongs that have been inflicted on Fairview, like disinvestment, unsafe roads, pollution, and more.
- Revitalize Fairview. Improve economic conditions, strengthen community resilience, improve health outcomes, and advocate for a more livable Winter City.
- Shape our future. Enact Fairview’s community vision in the 2040 Land Use Plan & Fairview Neighborhood Plan.
- Reduce the highway’s impact. Be innovative with options, like the Fairview Greenway, road diets, and more.
- Safety for all. Include pedestrian, bicycle, and transit users at every step.
- Better public engagement. Improve outreach by working with residents of all backgrounds. Meet us where we’re at.
Reconnecting Fairview — At a Glance
Location: Fairview neighborhood, Anchorage, Alaska
Key infrastructure: Gambell Street & Ingra Street (4-lane, 45 mph highway couplet)
Year of original harm: 1965
Federal grant awarded: $537,660 – U.S. DOT Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (February 2023)
Matched by: Municipality of Anchorage
Lead organizations: NeighborWorks Alaska (NWAK) + Fairview Community Council (FVCC)
Program focus: Community planning, road safety, active transportation, public engagement
Frequently Asked Questions
Reconnecting Fairview is a federally funded, community-led planning initiative to address the safety, health, and economic harm caused by the Gambell-Ingra highway couplet in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood. It is led by NeighborWorks Alaska and the Fairview Community Council, with support from a $537,660 U.S. Department of Transportation grant.
The Gambell-Ingra Corridor is a high-speed highway couplet running through the Fairview neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska. It consists of four northbound lanes on Ingra Street and four southbound lanes on Gambell Street. Built in 1965, it has divided the neighborhood for over 60 years and contributed to ongoing safety, health, and economic challenges.
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program is a U.S. Department of Transportation grant program that funds projects to restore community connectivity by addressing transportation infrastructure that creates barriers to mobility, safety, and economic opportunity. Fairview received a $537,660 award in February 2023, matched by the Municipality of Anchorage.
A PEL study is a collaborative approach to transportation decision-making that considers environmental, community, and economic goals together. The Alaska Department of Transportation is currently conducting a PEL study for the Seward-Glenn Highway connection, which includes Gambell and Ingra Streets.
Fairview residents and community members are invited to participate in workshops, take the neighborhood survey, attend public engagement events, and connect with neighbors. Visit our Public Engagement page to find upcoming opportunities and sign up to stay informed.
Building a Safer, More Connected Fairview — Together
Reconnecting Fairview is a community-led planning initiative that puts Fairview residents at the center of every decision. We believe the people who live, work, and raise families in Fairview are the most qualified voices to shape its future, and our job is to make sure those voices are heard, respected, and acted upon.
Through community workshops, design events, public surveys, and civic dialogues, we create spaces where residents can speak openly about road safety, neighborhood wellbeing, economic opportunity, and what a revitalized Fairview looks and feels like. Our goal is not just to fix roads — it is to restore the sense of belonging, safety, and prosperity that every neighborhood deserves.
Reconnecting Fairview is led by NeighborWorks Alaska (NWAK) in partnership with the Fairview Community Council (FVCC), with funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program — a $537,660 federal grant matched by the Municipality of Anchorage. This investment reflects a national recognition that infrastructure harm is a solvable problem, and that communities like Fairview deserve the resources to solve it.
Our work spans road safety analysis, economic impact assessment, active transportation planning, environmental review, and robust public engagement — all grounded in the vision Fairview residents have built together, and all pointed toward a neighborhood that is safe, vibrant, and whole.
Seward to Glenn Highway Connection: Gambell & Ingra Streets
What is a PEL?
The Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) is leading a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study for the highway connection for the Seward and Glenn highways, including 5th & 6th Avenue and Gambell & Ingra Streets.
“PEL studies are a collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision making that considers environmental, community, and economic goals and impacts.”
For more information on the highway study, visit: www.sewardglennconnection.com