Moose Creek Dam project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Alaska District is reinforcing the eight-mile Moose Creek Dam in North Pole. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is undertaking its largest civil works project in Alaska in 30 years — reinforcing the eight-mile Moose Creek Dam in North Pole.

More than a half-century old, Moose Creek Dam is about to receive a flood of federal money that will enable the corps to complete an estimated $148 million renovation project. The modernization will strengthen the berm and protect greater Fairbanks in extreme weather events, corps officials said.

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