The access road from Black Sandy Campground to Hauser Dam has been reopened, now that PPL Montana has completed a major maintenance project at the dam.

“We appreciate everyone’s understanding during the road closure, which was done in the interest of public safety because of heavy vehicles traveling the narrow dirt road down to the dam,” said David Hoffman, director of External Affairs for PPL Montana.

The road, which is open to the public, is used year-round for outdoor recreation. Like the other PPL Montana hydroelectric dams on the Madison and Missouri rivers, Hauser is a very popular location for fishing, hiking, bicycling and other outdoor activities.

The work at Hauser involved making repairs to a concrete pier and areas adjacent to the south side of the dam. Hauser Dam is about 15 miles north of Helena off Interstate 15.

“The work was part of PPL Montana’s comprehensive program to make sure all of its dams — valuable resources for clean power generation — stay in good working order and remain safe,” Hoffman said.

PPL Montana provides safe, reliable energy from coal-fired power plants at Colstrip and Billings, as well as 11 hydroelectric plants along West Rosebud Creek and the Missouri, Madison, Clark Fork and Flathead rivers. It has a combined generating capacity of more than 1,200 megawatts and has offices in Billings, Butte and Helena. PPL Montana and its 500 employees are dedicated to Montana and its communities, supporting educational, environmental and economic development programs across the state. PPL EnergyPlus operates a trading floor in Butte that markets and sells power for PPL Montana in wholesale and retail energy markets throughout the western United States. PPL Montana and PPL EnergyPlus are subsidiaries of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL).