The U.S. Forest Service, Alaska region, Tongass National Forest (USFS), plans to make improvements to the Auk Village Recreation Area (AVRA or recreation area) and specifically Point Louisa Road (the road or roadway) which passes through the AVRA. The USFS determined that these improvements are necessary to improve safety and facilitate management of the AVRA. The USFS asked the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) to review the latest USFS conceptual design, suggest modifications, and to develop additional conceptual designs.