The Alaska Division of Forestry has announced the award of a $3,500,000 construction contract for the Vallenar Bay Access Road to Rock-N-Road Construction of Petersburg. The project provides access to 2,500 acres of the Southeast state forest lands from the existing road system on Gravina Island.
The contract is for construction of a forest road from the Lewis Reef area to the existing logging road on the southeast side of Vallenar Bay and establishes access across Vallenar Creek to State land on the west side of Gravina. The project is being financed through the FY2013 capital budget, and has been projected to benefit the community of Ketchikan due to its proximity to Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Mental Health Trust, University of Alaska and private land.
The 8.5-mile road will take approximately one year to construct. Site work is scheduled to start in early August. The single-lane road will be maintained per the Forest Land Use Plan.
Copies of the Best Interest Finding and the Forest Land Use Plan are available for viewing at the Division’s Ketchikan Area Office and the Division’s web site at http://forestry.alaska.gov/timber/ketchikan
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