CBJ Facilities, Juneau Schools Closed on January 9

City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) facilities will be closed on Tuesday, January 6 due to ongoing hazardous road and weather conditions. Juneau School District (JSD) schools will also be closed tomorrow. CBJ staff will continue to provide services remotely where possible.

CBJ encourages all residents to stay off the roads for their safety and the safety of others, and to allow snow removal teams to do their work as safely and efficiently as possible.

The closure impacts all CBJ facilities and offices listed below. For more information about the JSD closure, please visit https://www.juneauschools.org.

CBJ Facilities Closed - January 8:

• 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 recreation facilities. Shéiyi X̱aat Hit Youth Shelter remains open.
• City Hall, the CBJ Permit Center and all CBJ offices will be closed to the public but accessible by phone or email.
• The Juneau Recycling Center and Household Hazardous Waste will be closed through the weekend.

Capital Transit continues to operate on winter routes. 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, including the increasing avalanche risk. Learn more and find the current avalanche hazard level at bit.ly/CBJavalanche.

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