Stevens Canyon Road Repair Nearly Completed - Reopening Scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on July 30

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Eric Walkinshaw, 360-569-2211, x2166

Mount Rainier Acting Superintendent Randy King advises that the final inspection for the flood damage repair of the Stevens Canyon Road at MP 14.1 is scheduled for Thursday, July 30. The park expects the road will be ready to reopen to the public by 5:00 p.m. on that date.

This section of the Stevens Canyon Road (east of Backbone Ridge Viewpoint) was damaged during a January 2009 storm and has been closed to through traffic all season. Park visitors could access the road up to the Grove of the Patriarchs from the east and to Box Canyon from the west during the repairs. Visitors wanting access to Paradise from the east were required to use the Skate Creek Road/Forest Service Road 52 at Packwood, or State Routes 12 and 7 through Morton during this time.

Randolph Construction Services, Inc. of Pasco, Washington was the contractor for this project. In addition, this company completed the repair work of the Nisqually Road at Glacier Hill earlier in the season.

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