Alaska DOT reports record snows, avalanche impacts and new mitigation technologies in March update
DOT&PF told the Senate Transportation Committee that unusually heavy winter storms this season led to record snowfall days, hundreds of closure hours on key highways, increased contractor spending on sidewalk and snow hauling, staffing vacancies in remote districts, and deployment of radar, infrasound and a mobile 'boom' avalanche-mitigation system.
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The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told the Senate Transportation Committee on March 12 that this winter’s extreme weather produced widespread impacts across Alaska, from record snowfall days in Juneau to long highway closures caused by avalanches and high winds.
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