WYO 70 over Battle Pass opens for the season

SARATOGA, Wyo. — Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance crews reopened the seasonally-closed section of Wyoming Highway 70 today for the summer season. Crews from Saratoga and Baggs started work on the 23-mile stretch of highway in early May, using multiple rotary plows, snowcats and other heavy equipment to clear large drifts of snow. The highway is one of several high-elevation mountain...

WYO 130 through the Snowy Range opens for the season

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The seasonally-closed section of Wyoming Highway 130 through the Snowy Range has officially reopened for the summer. Crews from Laramie and Saratoga, with some assistance from Casper and Cheyenne crews, started work on the 12-mile stretch of the scenic byway in mid-May with a target reopening date of Memorial Day Weekend. Multiple rotary plows, snowcats and other heavy equipment were...

2024 Memorial Weekend Click It or Ticket Campaign

The Wyoming Highway Patrol is teaming up with Law Enforcement all across Wyoming to urge drivers to buckle up during the national Click It or Ticket high-visibility seat belt enforcement effort and over the Memorial Holiday weekend. The national seat belt campaign, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday, is from May 20 to June 2, 2024. “We need seat belt use to be automatic every time a driver...

Fremont County DUI Task Force to focus on impaired driving enforcement during Memorial Day weekend

The Fremont County DUI Task Force will be well staffed and looking for impaired drivers between Thursday, May 24, and Monday, May 27. “It is the start of the summer driving season and all of Fremont County law enforcement will be out working together as we always do to keep the roads safe,” said Lt. Travis Hauser of the Wyoming Highway Patrol. “Make the right choices and remember to always buckle up,...

Transportation Commission awards $13.35 million in contracts in May

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded $13.35 million in contracts for five Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects during its May 16 regular business meeting. A $6.85 million bid was awarded to Gillette-based S & S Builders LLC for a mill and overlay project involving asphalt paving, structure work, traffic control, chip seal, grading, erosion control, milling...