It's only Sunday and this is what our grocery store shelves look like. Below is an update on the road conditions:
Parts of the Alaska Highway are now open in Yukon, as crews have been working non-stop to repair the damage done by what a government official is calling an “unprecedented event” of mudslides and washouts all over the territory.
The damage forced road closures, and delivery trucks couldn’t get through onto main highways. Stores all over the territory are running low on supplies as people rushed to stock up.
Allan Nixon, assistant deputy minister of highways, said people can breathe a sigh of relief as some major highways should be open within the next 24 hours.
“I think the best news we’ve got is on the South Alaska Highway. Crews have been working very hard. We think, we’re hopeful that we will be able to get a pioneer trail through that area either late tonight or early tomorrow … So I think, you know, for people who are concerned about supplies and stuff, we can relax,” said Nixon.
Nixon said crews have had some success in clearing the northern part of the Alaska Highway as well. The section of highway between Haines Junction and Destruction Bay is now open to two-lane traffic.
Elsewhere, the South Klondike Highway is also now open to two-lane traffic into Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse. Work is also being done to re-open the Campbell Highway, but that one is not yet open.
Nixon is advising drivers to be careful when using the re-opened roads.
“It’s narrow, people need to drive slowly through the washout zone,” he said. “They’re going to be rough, there’s going to be delays — it’s not going to be like driving the Alaska Highway on a normal day, but traffic will be able to get through.”
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