2018 releases

March 19 2018

Citizens should expect start of North Federal project on March 19 in Riverton

The start of $13.96 million in highway improvements on North Federal Boulevard is scheduled for March 19 in the morning. Weather permitting, prime contractor S&S Builders, LLC, of Gillette and its all-Wyoming construction team will begin squeezing northbound and southbound traffic to a single lane in each direction near the Washington Avenue/Federal intersection at 7 a.m. Monday. The work zone speed...

March 15 2018

Public Safety Commission to meet in Cheyenne for planning session and business meeting

The Wyoming Public Safety Communications Commission will meet in Cheyenne at March 20 and 21 at the Wyoming Department of Transportation, 5300 Bishop Boulevard. The commission's agenda includes a planning session from 2-5 p.m., March 20 in the WYDOT executive staff conference room, a commission dinner will follow that night from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Poor Richards, as well as a business meeting from 9...

March 14 2018

WYDOT receives $16.6 million federal grant for final segment of Beartooth Highway

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently awarded the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) a $16.6 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to reconstruct the final 1.6 mile segment of the Beartooth Highway (US 212) in northern Wyoming. The grant will bring the entire stretch of US 212 up to modern standards and will complete the reconstruction...

March 14 2018

WYDOT to hold public meeting on vehicle arrestor on Teton Pass

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be hosting a public meeting at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse Community Center, 5655 Main Street in Wilson, on March 20, 2018, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to share with the public WYDOT's research on a second vehicle arrestor location on Teton Pass and present an opportunity to the public to provide feedback on the project....

March 13 2018

Concrete work begins March 19 on Wyoming Boulevard in Casper

Beginning Monday, March 19, work will begin on Wyoming Boulevard (WYO 258) between Old Glenrock Highway (Yellowstone) and Gannett Street on Casper’s east side, to replace sections of deteriorating concrete. Initially, traffic will be switched to the southbound lanes; one lane either direction plus a center turn lane, to allow for work on the northbound lanes. Once completed, traffic will be switched...