Safeway, Inc. v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After being dedicated to the public, a strip of land is accepted by the local government as a public street and later included on a highway right-of-way map by the State of Alaska, When the local government subsequently vacates the street, does the State retain an interest in the land? Because the State accepted the dedication by mapping the land as part of a highway right-of-way, and because local governments do not have the power to vacate the State's rights in land acquired for highway purposes, we conclude that the local government's action did not…