![]() 10/15, Opened Northeast Entrance Road to the public. ![]() 8/8, Started work on Northeast Entrance Road repairs by Oftedal Construction, INC.7/26, Finalized temporary Northeast Entrance Road designs and awarded contract to Oftedal Construction, INC.7/11, Finalized temporary Temporary North Entrance Road designs and awarded contract to HK Contractors, INC.7/5, Started work on Temporary North Entrance Road after Diverting HK Contractors, INC from Old-Faithful-to-West-Thumb project.7/1, Finished NPS improvements to Temporary North Entrance Road allowing for one-way employee traffic.6/29, Hosted senior officials from congressional committees, NPS, and FHWA visit to develop strategies around short- and long-term recovery efforts.6/21, Started temporary solution assessments to repair Northeast Entrance Road to Cooke City, Montana.6/17, Started planning and design for long-term reconstruction strategy.6/17, Provided additional $50 million in ERFO-QR funding.6/15, Started to improve Temporary North Entrance Road (Old Gardiner Road) with National Park Service (NPS) roads crews.6/14, Provided $10 million in Emergency Relief Federally Owned Roads - Quick Release (ERFO-QR) funding.6/14, Conducted initial damage assessments by resident Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) engineers.As repairs continued, additional sections of road and backcountry trails opened throughout the summer. The south loop of the park reopened on June 22, 2022, nine days after the flood event. Within 48 hours, the park restored power, diverted severed wastewater lines, and planned for recovery and resumption of operations when and where possible. Within 36 hours of the event, the park evacuated all visitors in developed areas and conducted initial damage assessments. The park immediately set a range of life and safety objectives to ensure all employees and visitors were safe and accounted for, restore power, divert damaged wastewater systems, and help local communities with emergency response. The flood destroyed several sections of the North Entrance Road between Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, and Gardiner, Montana, and three sections of the Northeast Entrance Road between Lamar Valley and Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana. Northern parts of the park received a combined 7.5-9.5 inches of rain and snowmelt in a 24-hour period. On the morning of June 13, 2022, Yellowstone experienced a 500-year flood event.
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