transportation

The Fox Air lease is contingent on additional research on the company by the city, which received a letter raising concerns about Fox Air’s service.

Crews have already resumed work on the Cooper Landing Bypass Project. Other ongoing projects include the second phase of improvements to the Kenai Spur Highway between Swires and Sports Lake roads.

The more-than-50-year-old road branches off from the Kenai Spur Highway and ends at Wildwood Correctional Complex in North Kenai. Its pothole-addled pavement has long plagued the city.

Kenai City Council members last Wednesday agreed to spend $200,000 on access to Wildwood Drive’s underlying right-of-way from the Kenai Native Association. The move comes after years of disagreements over who should be responsible for upkeep.

Although Congress has voted to reopen the government, Knesek says it could still take some time for flight schedules to return to their previous level of operation.

The agency’s Anchorage office forecasts between eight and twelve inches of snowfall is possible along roads in Turnagain Pass, Moose Pass, Summit Lake and Hope.

The company said in a Facebook post it was “financially insolvent” after accruing debt during the pandemic, and would stop flying by the end of the day.

Yute Commuter Service is accepting donations through Saturday at 8 p.m. at 627 Funny River Road. The company asks that items be sorted and put in waterproof containers, like a trash bag.

The stretch of road is one of only two ways to get between the two communities and has a higher car crash rate than the statewide average. It also has the second-highest rate of moose collisions in the state.

The bypass project aims to alleviate traffic congestion through the community by adding ten new miles of highway.