Perseverance Trail closed 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, July 1

Perseverance Trail will be closed from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, July 1 (weather permitting) while helicopter crews transport construction material for Gold Creek bridge along the Perseverance Trail corridor.

During the closure, Coastal Helicopters will sling loads of material from the Last Chance Basin parking lot at the end of Basin Road to the bridge construction site on Gold Creek, 2.5 miles up Perseverance Trail from the trailhead parking lot. Trail Mix crew will then align and construct the abutments, sills and plates on the creek banks to prepare the site for five 2000 lb. glue-lam beams to be flown in by helicopter later in July.

Access to Perseverance Trail will reopen in the afternoon. The trail remains closed from the Granite Creek intersection to the Upper Red Mill juncture until installation of the new bridge is complete. Please follow signed detours and avoid the construction site for the safety of yourself and others.

For more information, contact CBJ Parks & Recreation at (907) 586-5226 or parks.rec@juneau.gov.