2019 releases

December 6 2019

Pinedale airport to receive $5 million for improvements

A Pinedale public-use airport will receive $5 million in supplemental federal funding to make improvements to the aircraft parking apron and fuel farm. The Ralph Wenz Field in Pinedale will receive the funding as part of a $485 million nationwide award announced by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao recently. The work includes expanding the apron and relocating and replacing the existing...

December 5 2019

Bid awarded on Cody's Sheridan Avenue project; project begins in March

A Gillette contractor has been awarded a $4.93 million project to improve Sheridan Avenue in Cody beginning in March 2020. The Wyoming Department of Transportation and S&S Builders, LLC, will hold a joint public meeting in February or early March for citizens and businesses, prior to the start of construction activities. S&S Builders, LLC, of Gillette was awarded the Sheridan Avenue concrete rehabilitation...

December 4 2019

Transportation Commission awards $54.7 million in contracts in November

Motorists will soon see improvements to a 10-mile section of Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded a $18 million contract to Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, for pavement and bridge work on I-80 near the Hillsdale interchange in Laramie County. The commission awarded that and 10 other contracts during its recent meeting. For the work on I-80, crews...

December 4 2019

WYDOT closes WYO 70 for the season

SARATOGA, Wyo. – Wyoming Highway 70 over Battle Pass closed Monday for the season because of snowy conditions. The exact closure is between mile marker 27 in the west and mile marker 50 in the east. Recent conditions have made it necessary to close the road for the season. WYO 70, along with WYO 130 in the Snowy Range, is closed annually in late autumn when relatively low traffic and deep snow accumulations...

December 3 2019

WYDOT, school district warn drivers to obey stop signs for school buses

The Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Wyoming Highway Patrol, along with the Teton County School District Number 1 would like to remind drivers to stop for school buses and that drivers can now be fined for violations that have been caught on camera. Currently, drivers who do not stop for flashing red lights on a stopped school bus can be fined $435. Recently, the Wyoming State Legislature...