What you need to know:
- A portion of Settlers Bay Drive will close Tuesday through Aug. 4, and part of Fern Street will close Thursday through July 27 for road repairs, drainage improvements and a culvert replacement. Detours will be in place for motorists.
- At least 3,500 vehicles travel the affected sections of Settlers Bay Drive and Fern Street each day. Officials say full closures are necessary because of the scope of the work.
- Mat-Su voters approved the projects through transportation bonds in 2021 and 2024.
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WASILLA – Thousands of residents will need to reroute their daily drives during a pair of weeks-long road closures as crews complete major repairs off Knik-Goose Bay Road in and near Wasilla.
Settlers Bay Drive will be closed from Tuesday through Aug. 4 from just south of Knik-Goose Bay Road to near South Calista Drive for deep road repairs and drainage improvements, according to a Mat-Su Borough map. Traffic entering and leaving the area will be detoured 1.5 miles down Knik-Goose Bay Road to Bogle Bluff Drive, borough officials said.
Fern Street will be closed Thursday through July 27 from Hardrock Circle, near Knik-Goose Bay Road, to just south of Mint Lane while crews replace a culvert and improve fish passage ont Cottonwood Creek, which runs beneath the roadway. Traffic will be detoured via Weeping Birch Street and Edlund Road, officials said…