2017 releases

June 2 2017

Work on US 287 to limit access from Howe Road

LARAMIE, Wyo. – WYDOT will be conducting paving operations on US 287 south of Laramie next week, and access to the highway from Howe Road will be restricted while work takes place. Crews are planning to perform the work on Monday, June 5, during daylight hours. Work should be complete by the evening. Residents who access US 287 from Howe Road will be unable to do so. Instead, those residents should...

June 1 2017

Fremont County Click it or Ticket Campaign nets more than 600 traffic stops

As part of the countywide, multiagency Click it or Ticket enforcement operation this past holiday weekend, Fremont County law enforcement issued 14 seat belt tickets, six child safety seat tickets and arrested three drunk drivers. During the four-day operation, area law enforcement made 660 traffic stops and issued 117 speeding tickets, 91 other tickets and issued 254 warnings. Two separate fatal motorcycle...

June 1 2017

WYO 70 in southern Wyoming open for the season

SARATOGA, Wyo. – WYO 70 over Battle Pass is open for the season beginning today, June 1. Crews from Saratoga and Baggs have been working to clear the road from their respective sides of the Sierra Madre and completed the work this week. Travelers are advised that current high country conditions can be wet with cold nights. All vehicles, especially motorcycles and bicycles, should watch for patches...

May 30 2017

US 26 improvements resume west of Riverton with chip sealing

A $4.96 million highway improvement project is scheduled to resume Tuesday, June 6, west of Riverton on US 26. High Country Construction Inc., of Lander, is the prime contractor on the project which begins about a mile east of Diversion Dam Junction (milepost 99.62) and extends 5.06 miles (to milepost 104.68) toward Riverton. Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Robert Scheidemantel...

May 30 2017

Chief Joseph Scenic Highway improvements resume north of Cody

Highway improvements are scheduled to resume this week on a $3.84 million highway improvement project north of Cody on WYO 296 (Chief Joseph Scenic Highway). Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Todd Frost of Cody said Oftedal Construction Inc., of Casper, will begin stockpiling rock chips for the upcoming chip seal throughout the project area this week. “Other miscellaneous cleanup...