2020 releases

August 12 2020

WYDOT reminds residents, businesses to avoid placing signs in rights-of-way

LARAMIE, Wyo. — As campaigning for the 2020 election continues to increase, more signs are being placed within rights-of-way. The Wyoming Department of Transportation would like to remind residents, businesses and elected officials to keep all signs and advertisements out of WYDOT rights-of-way. Wyoming statute (W.S. 24-10-104) states that outdoor advertising must meet certain conditions for placement....

August 11 2020

WYDOT’s 2021 STIP now available for review

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is seeking public comment and review of its 2021 transportation improvement program planning document. WYDOT’s draft 2021 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is available on the department’s website. People can download the 2021 draft STIP and make comments on the STIP map. There is a 30-day comment period on the STIP map. The STIP contains a listing...

August 7 2020

Work on Snake River south section will cause pathway closure

JACKSON – The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT), along with contract crews from Oftedal, will begin work near Game Creek Road to address recent movement in a slope near the Munger Mountain landslide. It is anticipated that the work and a closure of the Game Creek pathway will happen starting Monday, Aug. 10. Traffic control will be in place to take the highway from five lanes (two travel...

August 7 2020

Final phase of I-25 project from Randall-Horse Creek to begin next week

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Crews with Simon Contractors and the Wyoming Department of Transportation will be wrapping up a summer-long project on Interstate 25 between mile markers 11-16 over the next few weeks. Starting Monday, weather permitting, crews will be milling and placing a high performance wearing course between the Randall and Horse Creek interchanges. A high-performance wearing course helps to improve...

August 5 2020

Sheridan Avenue concrete rehabilitation project to restart Aug. 24 in Cody; Alger Avenue storm sewer work starts Aug. 17

The second phase of improvements on a $4.93 million concrete rehabilitation project is scheduled to resume Aug. 24 in downtown Cody. The second phase of the Cody project is located between 14th/15th streets on Sheridan Avenue, and runs to Alger Avenue. Weekly outdoor public meetings are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the southeast corner of 16th and Sheridan. Businesses and citizens...