KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan officials are working to fix the arch that welcomes visitors to the city after a suspected drunken driver slammed into one of the poles supporting the structure.
The Ketchikan Daily News reports Public Works Director Mark Hilson says the arch itself is in good condition, but the support columns on each side of the arch were damaged in the Oct. 5 incident.
City Manager Karl Amylon told the City Council last month Ketchikan will likely pursue legal action against the driver’s insurance company to cover the repair costs.
Officials expect to get the arch back up by spring.
Ketchikan has had a welcome arch since the 1930s. The current structure, the city’s fourth, was installed in 1996 to replace a previous arch that was hit by a truck.
