Current WorkWe're always working on an interesting and diverse array of projects. Currently our active projects include: Highway to Highway (H2H) Project Northern Economics is working with the HDR Alaska team as they evaluate potential corridors to connect the major freeways that enter Anchorage from the north and south with a new freeway link that would take traffic from the existing urban arterials. The details of Northern Economics’ role on this project are still being determined as the project takes shape, but the intention is that we will provide the socioeconomic, economic and Environmental Justice analysis for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) component of the project. At present, we are developing a methodology paper on our approach to conducting the analysis for the EIS. This project is for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the Federal Highway Administration. MMS Pacific Summary of Knowledge Northern Economics is working with Mangi Environmental Group Inc. and their interdisciplinary team that includes scientists from the University California system, Battelle and Applied Science Associates, to create a current summary of knowledge relevant to energy development activities in the Outer Continental Shelf for two areas of the Pacific Coast. One area concerns oil and gas exploration, development, and production off the coast of Southern California from Santa Barbara to the US-Mexico border. The second area of interest concerns development of alternative energy from wind and tidal resources off the coast of Northern California, Oregon, and Southern Washington, San Francisco to Gray’s Harbor. Northern Economics’ role in the project is to summarize socioeconomic and fisheries information. Western Alaska Access Planning Northern Economics is on a team led by DOWL/HKM team to evaluate a transportation corridor from the Parks or Dalton Highways to the Seward Peninsula (Nome) for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Northern Economics’ initial task in this effort is to ascertain if there are resources in the study area that might be developed with improved accessibility. We will evaluate the opportunities for fisheries, forest products and agriculture, and tourism/recreation development. We’re teamed with Chuck Hawley to evaluate minerals development opportunities and PetroTechnical Resources to evaluate oil and gas development opportunities. In subsequent tasks, Northern Economics will integrate the potential resource information with potential cost estimates prepared by DOWL/HKM to prepare a benefit cost analysis for the proposed transportation corridors. Recycling Feasibility Analysis Northern Economics is assisting the Valley Community for Recycling Solutions in a waste characterization for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough through the year 2030. Tasks include three levels of population forecasts, by ZIP code areas, with estimates of total waste and the amount of recoverable waste by EPA definition. In addition, actual per capita solid waste levels from 2000 through 2007 were calculated to validate EPA estimates. Fees at transfer stations and the central landfill were analyzed to see what might encourage increased residential and commercial recycling. Project work included a statistically-based phone survey of MSB residents, by sub-contractor Ivan Moore Research, and interviews and a web-based survey of larger commercial waste generators. Cal Kerr is serving as the project manager and lead analyst for this project. |
In The NewsNorthern Economics, Inc. Launches the Alaska Confidence Review > Full press release Whittier Small Boat Harbor study proposes 70 percent rate increase > Whittier Small Boat Harbor study proposes 70 percent rate increase Northern Economics publishes in-state gas demand study > In-state gas demand may overtake state, TransCan contract > In-state gas needs study looks at two periods Northern Economics is hiring > View the position announcement here Northern Economics invites you to attend the In-state Gas Demand Study Technical Conference |
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