2019 releases

April 12 2019

More Wyoming air service negotiations underway

Members of a previously appointed state legislative group and other air service experts have selected SkyWest Airlines to enter into negotiations for a long-term contract to provide air service to as many as four Wyoming cities. A selection committee consisting of two Wyoming legislators, who served on the Commercial Air Service Improvement Council, two aeronautics commissioners and other air service...

April 12 2019

Wyoming Transportation Commission to meet April 18

The Wyoming Transportation Commission will meet for its regular business meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 18. The purpose of the business meeting is to address and vote upon, when appropriate, the topics on the attached meeting agenda. The meeting will be held in the I-80 Room at the WYDOT-U Training Building, 5300 Bishop Blvd., in Cheyenne. The commission will also hear the results...

April 9 2019

Hoback Canyon closed for avalanche cleanup

UPDATE: US189: Daniel Jct - Jackson: Open to all traffic BOTH DIRECTIONS. 09-APR 13:43 JACKSON, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation avalanche and maintenance crews were out conducting avalanche control at the Cow and Calf of the Wood slide paths at roughly 8 a.m. this morning. The work was successful, bringing down roughly 20 feet of snow across US 189/191. “We brought down quite a bit...

April 8 2019

Construction underway on US 191 north of Daniel Junction

PINEDALE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation has begun working on several bridges on US 189/191 north of Daniel Junction. WYDOT, along with contract crews from Lewis & Lewis Inc., have set up traffic control at two bridge locations at Warren Bridge (milepost 120.20) and North Beaver Creek Bridge (milepost 127.45). Traffic will be reduced to a single lane and controlled by a timed traffic...

April 8 2019

Work zone safety in the spotlight as construction season begins

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will pilot a new program this construction season in its continued effort to provide a safe and efficient transportation system. The department will use rumble strips in work zones on Interstate 80 in the Cheyenne area to make work zones safer for employees and the travelling public. Rumble strips catch driver attention as they enter work zones. “We just thought...