City Bringing In Blasting Crew For Lowell Point Road Landslide Remediation 
PRESS RELEASE #5
For Immediate Release
May 10, 2022 at 1630
City Bringing In Blasting Crew For Lowell Point Road Landslide Remediation
Seward, Alaska – While crews from Metco Alaska continue to remove landslide debris, the City of Seward is also engaging the services of Advanced Blasting Services to scale the landslide and dislodge loose rocks from above. Crews from Advanced Blasting Services will begin mobilizing tomorrow, and will arrive in Seward by week’s end.
The city will carefully coordinate the activities of Metco Alaska and Advanced Blasting Services. Depending upon the scaling crew’s success in stabilizing the slide area manually, the city may take additional measures to blast the mountainside with explosives in order to bring stability.
The safety of the crews and the public is paramount, and activities are being monitored closely. The public is requested to cooperate by staying clear of Lowell Point Road from both directions. Barricades are set up and manned at the Lowell Creek Diversion Tunnel waterfall area. It remains unknown how long the road will remain closed.
The city has made parking available for Lowell Point residents and visitors at the South Harbor Uplands near the Harbor so they can embark and debark the water taxi shuttle being furnished by Millers Landing.
The weather is currently sunny and clear in Seward, temperature is 57 degrees Fahrenheit, and NW winds have decreased slightly to 19 mph.
Address/Location
City of Seward
410 Adams St
Seward, AK 99664
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 907-224-4046