2020 releases

May 8 2020

Milling and paving operations set to begin in Laramie County

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Maintenance crews with the Wyoming Department of Transportation are starting this year’s milling and paving season on Monday in various locations around Laramie County. Beginning in Pine Bluffs, crews will be milling each end of three sections of roadway on WYO 213 (mile markers 7.1-7.6) and WYO 214 (mm 3-3.6 and mm 5.8-6.3). Laydown paving will start in those areas immediately after...

May 7 2020

Wyoming Transportation Commission to meet May 14

The Wyoming Transportation Commission will meet May 14 to hear the results of WYDOT’s FY 2019 audit and to conduct its regular business meeting. The external auditor, McGee Hearne & Paiz, Certified Public Accountants, will present the audit at 8:45 a.m. Upon conclusion of the audit presentation, the Commission will immediately proceed with its business meeting. The purpose of the business meeting is...

May 4 2020

Road work continues on eight miles of I-80 west of Laramie

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Starting Monday, crews with Simon Contractors and the Wyoming Department of Transportation will begin work on about eight miles of Interstate 80 near Herrick Lane. A continuation of a project that started last year, crews will begin with the turnaround areas used by maintenance and emergency services in the interstate median along mile markers 291.5-299.5 west of Laramie. Scheduled...

May 4 2020

WYO 132 highway paving scheduled to resume Monday, May 4

Asphalt paving operations are scheduled to resume Monday, May 4, on the Blue Sky Highway improvement project north of Lander between US 287 and Ethete. The paving subcontractor, McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland, will pave a small area on Plunkett Road Monday, then will move its operations to the south end of Blue Sky Highway (WYO 132). "The second two-inch layer of asphalt paving work...

May 4 2020

WYDOT constructs detour, drivers will see slower speeds, possible delays

JACKSON, Wyo. – Work is continuing on the second half of the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT) Jackson South reconstruction project, just north of Hoback Junction. Crews have constructed a detour for drivers so they can begin work on a wildlife crossing on the project. Drivers will see a two-lane detour around the work zone beginning next week. The speed limit will be reduced through the...