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Mayor Mark Begich assembled an I/M Task Force that met over the summer to evaluate the Anchorage Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Program and to recommend whether it should be retained in its current form, enhanced to increase benefits to the community (health, air quality, safety, noise) or discontinued. The final meeting occurred on September 13th during which the Task Force finalized its recommendation to keep the I/M Program in a modified form. Their final report, Recommendations on the Future of the I/M Program, can be viewed by clicking here.
Please see the Meeting Information page for materials and information from I/M Task Force meetings.
Click here to see the comments received on the
I/M Program.
Thank you to everyone who commented on the I/M Program!
Spenard Road at Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska, a major traffic site, is affected by CO from cold start emissions from vehicles from an adjacent residential community.
L. Taylor photo
The I/M Program was initiated in July 1985 to address carbon monoxide (CO) pollution in Anchorage. In the early 1980s Anchorage violated the federal CO air quality standard as many as 50 times per year. Since then, CO pollution levels have been cut by two-thirds. Anchorage has been in compliance with the federal standard since 1996.
The Municipal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently completed a study showing that the I/M Program reduces vehicle emissions by about 12% from the roughly 200,000 vehicles registered in the Municipality. On a cold winter day, when CO concentrations are highest, CO emissions are reduced by about 9 tons per day. The Task Force will review the study prepared by Sierra Research under contract with DHHS.
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