What you need to know:
- A section of Seward Meridian Parkway just south of Bogard Road will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday as crews remove temporary pipes that rerouted Cottonwood Creek during bridge construction.
- The closure is part of a $44 million road widening and extension project to expand Seward Meridian Parkway from two to four lanes, replace a bridge, and add medians, a bike path and signalized intersections.
- While most of the project is expected to be completed this year, some final road work may be delayed due to schedule setbacks and the need to prepare the site for winter conditions.
WASILLA — A section of Seward Meridian Parkway just south of Bogard Road will close to all traffic this weekend as crews remove a series of pipes used to temporarily reroute Cottonwood Creek under the roadway.
The closure will run from 9 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday, state transportation officials said, and will affect about half a mile of roadway between Birch View Drive and Bogard Road.
The pipes were temporarily installed earlier this year to divert Cottonwood Creek during construction of a new bridge over the area, said Jonathan Tague, a state Department of Transportation project engineer overseeing the work…