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...

Additional bridge deck pour will cause brief morning delay

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), along with contract crews from Ames Construction, will be pouring part of the new bridge deck on the Snake River Bridge on Wyoming State Highway 22 at the intersection of Wyoming State Highway 390 on Monday, May 20, beginning at 5 a.m. Crews will again need to mobilize equipment to prepare for the job, including a pump truck and a loader.  Due to the...

U.S. Highway 14A opens early for the summer east of Lovell

The annual spring opening of US14A between Burgess Junction and Lovell is scheduled for noon this Friday, May 17. The opening of US14A is dependent upon favorable weather conditions, and due to lighter-than-normal snow levels, the popular roadway is opening a week early in 2024. "Please buckle up and drive safely," said Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance foreman Timothy DeFuentes of Lovell....