This spring’s closures on the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway are a result of unusually wet weather and drivers failing to respect road closures, according to engineers with the Northwest Territories Infrastructure Department.
One of the main winter highways in the Northwest Territories turned into a swamp this week following unseasonably high temperatures.
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A 7-foot "wall of ice" from a Susitna River ice jam slammed into Alaska Railroad tracks north of Talkeetna on Saturday, pushing the rails 25 feet off course, the railroad said Monday.The Alaska Railroad is racing to make repairs in time for the start of its tourist season on Wednesday.
Auto shops are seeing more business because of damaged tires, and drivers are often inching through a messy maze of bad road conditions. Road crews are making headway but still catching up from unfavorable weather last month.
Transportation engineers moved the road to avoid a giant mass of frozen debris sliding downhill.
A new study estimates that climate impacts to public infrastructure in Alaska will total about $5 billion by century's end.
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