2015 releases

May 15 2015

Federal Highway Administration head tours WYDOT’s Transportation Management Center

The head of the Federal Highway Administration toured WYDOT’s Transportation Management Center (TMC) in Cheyenne Thursday and discussed the need for continued federal investment in Transportation infrastructure and safety. Greg Nadeau became the acting administrator of the FHWA on Monday after serving as deputy administrator since 2009. He was in Cheyenne for the American Association of State Highway...

May 8 2015

WYDOT director discusses need for infrastructure investment

WYDOT Director John Cox, who is serving as president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, is being featured on Transportation TV discussing the need for investment in the nation's infrastructure. Cox urges Congress to take action to pass a multi-year surface transportation bill that provides adequate investment for federal highway and transit programs. Cox says...

May 6 2015

U.S. 287 improvements scheduled to begin May 11 southeast of Lander; cyclists warned of potential conditions

Asphalt milling is scheduled to begin May 11 on a highway and bridge improvement project on U.S. 287 beginning about 15 miles southeast of Lander. The 4.66-mile project is located between mileposts 64.27 and 59.61. LeGrand Johnson Construction of Logan, Utah, is the prime contractor on the $4.92 million Beaver Creek West project, the second of two projects between Lander and Jeffrey City on U.S. 287....

April 29 2015

Transportation Commission awards $12.2 million in highway contracts

Contracts totaling $12.2 million for 10 highway projects around the state, including one made possible by increased fuel tax revenue, were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its April meeting in Cheyenne. Sletten Construction Co. of Great Falls, Mont., won the largest of the contracts with the low bid of $4 million to build a new bridge over the Shoshone River near the Willwood...

April 21 2015

INTERSTATE 80 WESTBOUND FROM LARAMIE NOW OPEN - REDUCED SPEED LIMIT IN EFFECT

Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming fully reopened to traffic late Tuesday afternoon, after being closed since Monday morning's multi-vehicle crash near the Quealy Dome Interchange, about 20 miles west of Laramie. The crash, which occurred about 8 a.m. Monday, involved close to 60 vehicles, a majority of them large tractor-trailer combinations. The event resulted in two fatalities and at least 16...