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PRESS RELEASE #6
 
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2022 at 1630
 
Sloughing Work Continues On Lowell Point Road Landslide
 
Seward, Alaska – A five-member crew from Advanced Blasting Services arrived in Seward this afternoon and has begun manually sloughing the landslide area from the top. Crew members ascended the mountainside and began agitating the area manually to loosen large rocks and boulders, while Metco Alaska excavators continue their work below.
 
The collaboration between the two contractors has been carefully coordinated and the crews are in constant radio contact amongst themselves, as well as with the safety crews on the ground and on the watch boat positioned in the bay.
 
Metco Alaska brought in a second excavator to help remove debris, working in tandem with the excavator that has been on-site since Monday. They will continue to extract fallen trees from the debris as much as possible to help prevent them from falling in the water. At this moment, the city has not actively engaged the blasting crew.
 
Due to shifting wind patterns, the water taxi being operated by Millers Landing has been relocated to the North Harbor Launch Ramp, between X and Z Floats. The city is allowing Lowell Point residents and visitors to park in that parking lot while they shuttle to Lowell Point.
 
The public is requested to stay 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 weather is currently sunny and clear in Seward, temperature is 53 degrees Fahrenheit, and winds have decreased dramatically to 9 mph.