City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) facilities will be closed on Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11 due to ongoing hazardous road and weather conditions.
CBJ encourages all residents to stay off the roads for their safety and the safety of others, and to allow snow removal and street maintenance teams to do their work as safely and efficiently as possible. Please limit travel in known avalanche exposure areas.
The closure impacts all CBJ facilities and offices listed below.
CBJ Facilities Closed – January 10-11:
- All Juneau Public Libraries locations and the Juneau Douglas City Museum.
- All Juneau Parks & Recreation facilities will be closed. This includes the Dimond Park Field House, Dimond Park Aquatic Center, Augustus G. Brown Pool, Treadwell Arena, the Zach Gordon Youth Center and all other Parks & Recreation facilities. Shéiyi X̱aat Hit Youth Shelter remains open.
- The Juneau Recycling Center and Household Hazardous Waste will be closed through the weekend.
Capital Transit continues to operate on winter routes. Routes are not able to make stops on Glacier Highway between the Federal Building and Bartlett Hospital. Visit juneaucapitaltransit.org for more information.
CBJ is performing ongoing assessment, monitoring and clearing of roofs at CBJ facilities, and continuing to ramp up staffing and resources to support these efforts.
CBJ staff and our agency partners at the National Weather Service and Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities are closely monitoring the incoming atmospheric river and associated impacts to public facilities, including the increasing avalanche risk. Learn more and find the current avalanche hazard level at bit.ly/CBJavalanche.
For media inquiries, contact communications@juneau.gov.