Akiak: DOT&PF Emergency Repair Work
Akiak: DOT&PF Emergency Repair Work
DOT&PF is providing updates for each community and has built tools to report damages and request assistance. This page will help you see real-time updates in your community for infrastructure repairs & road access, water & sanitation status, and local recovery progress & resources.
Reporting Damage: If your home, property, or infrastructure was damaged, please report it using our Damage Assessment Hub at: https://damage-assessment-2-akdot.hub.arcgis.com
Need materials or assistance: If your community hasn’t connected with DOT&PF yet, reach out to dot.ask@alaska.gov - we’ll help coordinate approvals and connect you to supplies quickly.
DOT&PF Emergency Response Manager: Amber Shumpert, amber.shumpert@alaska.gov, 907-322-0603.
Water and sewer updates: check Alaska DEC West Coast Storm.
Akiak Operations Summary
12/2/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need. Tentatively scheduled for the first half of next week, pending school access for worker housing.
11/30/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need. Tentatively scheduled for the first half of next week, weather depending.
11/29/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need. Tentatively scheduled for the first half of next week, weather depending.
11/28/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need. Tentatively scheduled for the first half of next week, weather depending.
11/27/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/26/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/25/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/23/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/21/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/20/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/19/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/18/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/15/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/14/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/13/2025
- No Change: Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/11/2025
- No change - Brice welder for fuel header repair has been notified of need.
11/10/2025
- Investigating damage to the fuel header feeding the school.
- Started discussions with Brice Welder for repairs and relocation away from erosion caused by storm.
11/09/2025
- Investigating damage to the fuel header feeding the school.
- Started discussions with Brice Welder for repairs.
11/08/2025
- Emergency projects completed this period under DOT&PF/Knik.
- Riverbank armored with riprap/fill; boat ramp regraded/reinforced.
- Contractor demobilized evening Nov 7; no further work anticipated next period.
- Transition to monitoring during freeze-up.
- Investigating damage to the fuel header feeding the school; started discussion with Brice welder for repairs.
11/06/2025
- Knik Construction continued working erosion on coast and boat ramp, anticipating being complete today.
11/5/2025
Knik Construction continued working erosion on coast and boat ramp.
11/4/2025
Knik Construction continued working erosion on coast and boat ramp.
11/3/2025
Knik Construction is actively working on coastline and boat ramp erosion repairs.
11/1/2025
- Knik Construction is working on coastline erosion repairs.
10/30/2025
- Contractor supplies are in Bethel and on route to Akiak.
- UICC is mobilizing crews to Napakiak to assess and begin working on mechanical, electrical, and structural work on the school and associated structures.
- DOT&PF personnel have been made aware of possible humanitarian issues in Napaskiak and Oscarville that are being assessed.
- Today marked the first day of groundwork for Knik, focused on reshaping two boat launches and installing super sacks at three locations for riverbank stabilization.
- The three stabilization sites total approximately 800 linear feet of riverbank.
- Bank cuts at these sites average approximately ±8 feet in height.
- Knik estimates three weeks to complete this work.
10/30/2025
- Contractor supplies are in Bethel and on route to Akiak.
- UICC is mobilizing crews to Napakiak to assess and begin working on mechanical, electrical, and structural work on the school and associated structures.
- DOT&PF personnel have been made aware of possible humanitarian issues in Napaskiak and Oscarville that are currently being assessed.
10/28/2025
Contractor supplies are in Bethel and in route to Akiak.
10/25/2025
Knik Construction & Alaska DOT&PF Project Engineer are traveling to Akiak on Saturday, 10/25, to perform an initial site visit to develop a work plan and asset mobilization.
10/22/2025 - Infrastructure Damage Assessment.
10/19/2025 - Infrastructure Damage Assessment.
10/15/2025 - Infrastructure Damage Assessment.
11/10/2025
11/3/2025
Progress on boat launches in Akiak
10/30/2025
First day of groundwork on riverbanks in Akiak