211-mile industrial access road proposed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) from the Dalton Highway west to the Ambler Mining District in northwestern Alaska. Would open access to copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver and cobalt deposits including Trilogy Metals' Bornite and Arctic projects. Subject to ongoing federal NEPA review and tribal consultation; BLM ROW conveyance signed 2024.
Alaska DNR approved an 800-cubic-yard gravel contract for North Star Construction on the Dalton Highway near milepost 154, in a corridor recently transferred from federal to state control.
