Wrangell Sentinel -

A section of Zimovia Highway has been closed off to traffic as Wrangell Public Works resurfaces a hole left from repairs.

The section is located between where Church Street leaves off and the highway begins, and the road's intersection with Weber Street, on the westward side of the road. A line break there was first reported in early February, Public Works director Amber Al-Haddad explained, during a spate of freezing weather.

A crew responded and determined the fault was not with a main, but rather corrosion on one of the valves.

"The metals in the valve were corroding faster than we expec...