{"id":26080,"date":"2016-10-27T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/whittier-tunnel-closes-for-rock-stabilization-work\/"},"modified":"2016-10-27T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:00:36","slug":"whittier-tunnel-closes-for-rock-stabilization-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/whittier-tunnel-closes-for-rock-stabilization-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittier tunnel closes for rock stabilization work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANCHORAGE \u2014 The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier has been closed for rock-stabilization work after two boulders fell near the side of the roadway this week.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Transportation spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy said the 500-pound rocks were discovered Tuesday morning after falling overnight while the tunnel was closed for the night.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said a fissure was found in the rock wall near the loose rock. A contractor is working on required repairs Wednesday afternoon through Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said the department will escort traffic in and out of the area Wednesday evening and Thursday evening. No date has yet been set for a full reopening of the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said the tunnel\u2019s train schedule is on hold until the stabilization is complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANCHORAGE \u2014 The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier has been closed for rock-stabilization work after two boulders fell near the side of the roadway this week. Department of Transportation spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy said the 500-pound rocks were discovered Tuesday morning after falling overnight while the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[230],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26080"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}