The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities plans to extract 300,000 cubic yards of gravel from a 327-acre site at Mile 155 of the Glenn Highway near Eureka.

The state Department of an unnamed participant announced it will issue a material sale contract to DOT&PF for the designated site, which sits in sections 2, 3, 10, and 11 of Township 3 North, Range 7 West, Copper River Meridian. The extraction falls under negotiated sale regulations that allow state agencies to obtain materials for public projects.

The site lies roughly 20 miles north of Eureka Summit, in an area where the Glenn Highway crosses the Talkeetna Mountains. DOT&PF will use the gravel for highway maintenance and construction projects.

Leiana Cox, a land management officer with the Division of Mining, Land and Water's South Central Regional Office, is handling the contract. She can be reached at 907-269-8549 or [email protected].

The department published the notice April 9 and will archive it April 24. Individuals with disabilities who need auxiliary aids or services to comment should contact Alaska Relay at 711 or 800-770-8973 for TTY services.

The contract authorizes extraction under state regulations 11 AAC 98.010 and 11 AAC 71.090(b), which govern material sales from state land.