Skilak Lake Road remains closed after it was deemed impassible to traffic last Thursday, May 7, and closed by the Department of Transportation.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Manager Andy Loranger said both ends were closed due to saturated road materials.
Loranger: “DOT crews are out there and probably will be for a little bit. And often that work, again I’m just going back to what’s happened in previous years, lots of that work is done in stages because they have to go back, areas that tend to go bad they move material around, get it to the surface and dry it out but then they have to either go back to that spot or fix an adjacent spot.”
Loranger said it is not uncommon for roads throughout the refuge to have soft spots during spring breakup.
The refuge was notified early Thursday morning that Skilak Lake Road would be closed.
The Department of Transportation will update the conditions and reopening of the road through 511.alaska.gov.
