The federal government is suspending plans to build a 211-mile private mining access road in Alaska set to cross national park and federally managed land for the first time, saying the Interior Dept. needs to review “significant deficiencies” in analyses used to authorize the project under the Trump administration.
The proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road would run east-west connecting the James W. Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mineral Belt in northwestern Alaska. There is currently no road connecting communities near the mineral belt to other areas.