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Jun 7, 2015

The Dalton Highway on Alaska * USA: REOPENED

* Alaska - Road used to haul oil supplies reopens after flooding

-- The only road available for hauling supplies to Alaska's North Slope oil fields has reopened following unprecedented flooding that intermittently closed portions of it for more than two months... Traffic began moving Friday on the Dalton Highway, state transportation officials said... Flooding from the nearby Sagavanirktok River caused the road closures and essentially halted oil industry deliveries by land. Food, fuel and other supplies had to be flown up instead. The road's final closure lasted 18 days... Dubbed the Haul Road, the mostly gravel Dalton Highway is a 414-mile, often desolate stretch that begins near Fairbanks and leads to Deadhorse, the oil-industry town serving Prudhoe Bay. It can be treacherous in winter and has been featured on the cable show "Ice Road Truckers" ... Transportation officials said the reopening doesn't mean the road is problem-free. One section, for example remains in rough condition, with narrow and uneven areas. Also, highway improvements will be starting this summer and continuing through next year... In work set to take place this summer, a portion of the road will be raised up to 7 feet at an estimated cost of at least $27 million. Next year, plans call for another portion of the road to be raised... 
(Photo: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities via AP - This photo shows trucks moving along the reopened Dalton Highway outside of Deadhorse, Alaska on Friday, June 5, 2015. The only road available for hauling supplies to Alaska's North Slope oil fields has reopened following unprecedented flooding that intermittently closed portions of it for more than two months)  --  Anchorage, Alaska - AP/Associated Press/CTPost, by RACHEL D'ORO - June 5, 2015

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