Design Criteria Manual Update
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The Project Management & Engineering Department is updating several chapters of the DCM.  The DCM update will follow the process summarized below.  As updated chapters become available, they

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The DCM Update for Chapter 1 (Traffic) and Chapter 6 (Traffic Control) has begun! A Stakeholder Advisory Group has formed and will be meeting to discuss the DCM.

All future meetings, materials, and updates will be posted here.

Stakeholder Advisory Group- Meeting #1 Materials

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Presentation

• Introduction to the DCM
• What Goes into a Street Standard
• Stakeholder Street Activity
  
  Meeting Sum​mary
  
  

Please email comments to DCMUPDATE@anchorageak.gov​​; please indicate in your correspondence which chapter your comments apply to.

PM&E Civil 3D Templates (Updated May 8, 2026)

• ​Civil 3D Templates​​​

Planning & Zoning Commission Public Hearing Draft (November 2025)

• ​Chapters 3, 7, & 8 P&Z Public Hearing Draft Cover Packet
  
• Chapter 3 - Landscape Public Review Comment Log
• Chapter 3 - Landscape Public Hearing Draft
• Chapter 7 - Public Transportation Public Review Comment Log
• Chapter 7 - Public Transportation Public Hearing Draft
• Chapter 8 - Plans & Specifications Public Review Comment Log
• Chapter 8 - Plans & Specifications Public Hearing Draft​

Public Review Draft

• ​Chapter 3 - Landscaping (Public Comment Draft Updated 6/11/2025)​​​​
  
• Chapter 7 - Public Transportation (Public Comment Draft Updated 7/11/2025)
  
• ​Chapter 8 - Plans and Specs Draft Aug 2025​​
  

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