Truckers convoy spreads across Alaska

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American and Canadian truckers joined forces in 2022 to oppose Canada's vaccine mandates.

The Freedom Convoy in support of the Canadian truckers anti-mandate convoy is spreading across Alaska. Drivers should on Sunday expect to encounter long convoys of trucks and cars in numerous communities, to include:

  • Mat-Su convoy to Anchorage starts at 11 am
  • Anchorage convoy to Eagle River starts at 1:30 pm
  • Eagle River post-convoy event starts at 3 pm
  • Kenai convoy starts at 1:30 pm
  • Interior convoy w/potluck dinner & BBQ starts at 3 pm

More details that have been made available from Alaskans Against Mandates:



MAT-SU VALLEY:
Sunday, Feb. 611am – Depart from Trunk Road Park ‘n Ride
 and travel to Anchorage to meet up with Anchorage convoy at Cabela’s
Rally Route: From Trunk Road Park ‘n Ride, head south (inbound) to Anchorage, left on C St., left on 100th, then take the second right and follow to Cabela’s. Information about the Anchorage to Eagle River convoy is at the bottom of this page.

KENAI PENINSULA:
Sunday, February 6th

1:30pm – Depart from the Kenai Walmart (10096 Kenai Spur Hwy)

INTERIOR (Delta, Healy and surrounding communities to Fairbanks):
Sunday, Feb. 6
3pm – Join at the Carlson Center or along the route to the second rally point at the Safeway Parking Lot in North Pole; convoy route is from Carlson Center to North Pole Shopping Center:

Leave the Carlson Center towards Airport Way traveling SOUTH on Wilber Street;
Turn right on Airport Way traveling WEST past Pioneer Park towards Peger Road;
Turn right on Peger Road traveling NORTH toward the Johansen Expressway;
Take the On-Ramp onto the Johansen Expressway traveling EAST towards the Steese Hwy;
Turn right on the Steese Hwy traveling SOUTH towards North Pole to the Santa Clause Exit;

Plan extra time, depending on participation it may be slow-going, organizers said. The group says its best guess is that the convoy will leaving the Carlson Center at around 4 pm.

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