Ice Road Truckers Will Have More Roads To Truck On This Year
Fans of the show "Ice Road Truckers" will be happy to know that more miles of ice roads than ever were approved by Alaska officials for construction this winter. The ice roads cost $80,000 a mile to build and have to support vehicles carrying oil drills that weigh up t two million pounds and are 35 feet wide.
But why are more ice roads needed?
Alaska Dispatch has the story.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
Fans of the show "Ice Road Truckers" will be happy to know that more miles of ice roads than ever were approved by Alaska officials for construction this winter. The ice roads cost $80,000 a mile to build and have to support vehicles carrying oil drills that weigh up t two million pounds and are 35 feet wide. 
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