Kotzebue: 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.

Kotzebue Operations Summary

Completed 11/25. No change until further notice.

11/25/2025

Horizontal work complete.

11/23/2025

Ted Stevens: All guardrail is now installed.
Punchlist work is scheduled for Monday, and all work will be complete at COB.

11/21/2025

Ted Stevens: Guardrail work continues with assistance from ground thaw units.
Expecting work to be complete on Sunday.

11/20/2025

Ted Stevens: Guardrail work continues with assistance from two ground thaw units.
Guardrail completion tentative for COB on Saturday, 1/22.

11/19/2025

Ted Stevens: Guardrail work continues with assistance from two ground thaw units.

11/18/2025

Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from two ground thaw units.

11/15/2025

No Change: Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/14/2025

Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/13/2025

Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/11/2025

Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/10/2025

No Change: Boardwalk repairs will begin Wednesday, November 12.

11/09/2025

Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/08/2025

Long-term road fixes on Ted Stevens Way ~80% complete (guardrails, slope stabilization).
Ground-thawing equipment used for subfreezing work.
Sewage lagoon (cell 3) repair team ready to start next as road work wraps.
Main contractor camp partially demobilized; smaller crew remains for remaining tasks.
Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/06/2025

Ted Stevens - Guardrail work continues with assistance from thaw unit.

11/05/2025

Ted Stevens – Riprap placement complete.
Borrow shouldering between bridges in progress.

11/04/2025

Sewage Lagoon Cell 3 has sufficient borrow placed and compacted along cell wall.
Eroded areas are protected; slope shaping will need to be done in the Spring due to frozen ground.
Ground thaw unit rented arrived and will be deployed.
Ted Stevens - Riprap placement at second bridge abutment in progress.

11/03/2025

Sewage Lagoon Cell 3 continues progressing, half-day haul and embankment focused on South corner.
Contractor working on survey to check placed quantity.
Eroded areas are protected; slope shaping will need to be done in the Spring due to frozen ground.
Ground thaw unit rented, arriving Tuesday to continue guardrail installation on Ted Stevens Way.

10/31/2025

Sewage Lagoon Cell 3 in progress, full length has had at least one lift placed. Ted Stevens guardrail installation resumed.

10/26/2025

Ted Stevens embankment work largely complete.
Shaping on west side of First Bridge, spot fills in harbor side abutments, and minor sloping between bridges remains.
Guardrail installation anticipated to resume next week.

10/22/2025