Overview
- The executive order instructs the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to promptly reissue permits for the access road.
- The White House announced a $35.6 million investment for a 10% equity stake in Trilogy Metals, including warrants to purchase an additional 7.5% of the company.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said construction will proceed in phases starting with a pilot single-lane segment as early as next spring, with ownership shared by Alaska, the federal government and Native corporations.
- Project plans show the gravel route would cross about 26 miles of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and span 11 rivers and thousands of streams.
- A consortium of Alaska Native tribes and environmental groups is preparing legal challenges, citing risks to caribou, salmon and subsistence resources.