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The $270,000 grant will allow the Alaska Department of Transportation to do a preventative surfacing of the runway at the state-run airport.
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The Cooper Landing bypass project is being overseen by cultural observers from the Kenaitze Tribe as construction contractors excavate the archeologically significant area around the Sterling Highway.
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On the stretch of the highway from Milepost 58 to 76, the speed limit was increased from 55 to 65 miles per hour last Friday.
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Good Time Charlie's in Soldotna closed its doors last month, and will be demolished next week. But what happens when the only strip club in a community closes? And how did Good Time Charlie's operate for 30 years after being bought out for a highway project?
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The meeting at the Moose Pass Community Hall brought DOT officials and residents together over detailed aerial maps of the proposed right-of-way acquisitions and large informational posters. But many residents weren't satisfied with the forum, and are looking toward future meetings.
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Even as DOT officials say the community meetings in the coming weeks are unlikely to result in any major changes to the design of the project, a local action group is still hopeful they collaborate with DOT on a revision to the project.
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Wedged between the water of Trail Lake to the east and mountains to the west, Moose Pass hugs the highway closely. The state has long wanted to update an 10.5-mile stretch of the one-lane highway and improve drainage there by constructing ditches along the sides of the highway.
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The Kenai Peninsula saw its second landslide within a week today. Geologist Bretwood Higman said he thinks Alaskans can expect to see more landslides going forward.
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Cooper Landing is heading into its second summer of construction on the Sterling Highway bypass project — the plan to divert traffic between mileposts 45 and 60 of the highway up to a bridge across Juneau Creek Canyon.
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Avalanche mitigation work will cause traffic delays on the Seward Highway tomorrow between Summit Lake and the Tern Lake intersection. Key to that…