2023 Releases

July 27 2023

Drilling work may cause traffic impacts on Teton Pass

Jackson, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from Salisbury Drilling, will be performing some investigative geotechnical drilling work alongside Wyoming State Highway 22, around milepost 12.6, on Teton Pass, on Aug. 1. Work will take place between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. If the work goes well, crews should complete the job in roughly 3 hours. While work...

July 26 2023

Transportation Commission awards nearly $6.8 million in contracts in July

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded almost $6.8 million in contracts for four Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects during its July 20 regular business meeting. A $2.7 million bid was awarded to Sheridan-based Advanced Electrical Contracting Inc. for a project involving electrical work, traffic control, sidewalk, curb and gutter and other work in various...

July 25 2023

Wyoming Transportation Commission Budget Subcommittee to meet August 3

The Wyoming Transportation Commission Budget Subcommittee will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, August 3, for a work session via Google Meets. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. To join the meeting virtually, visit the Transportation Commission webpage. For more information about the meeting, please contact the Transportation Commission secretary at (307) 777-4007 or by...

July 24 2023

Paving operations on US16 west of Buffalo have begun – expect delays

Buffalo, Wyo – The Wyoming Department of Transportation Commission awarded the Worland, Wyoming company McGarvin Moberly a $4.5 million contract to mill and overlay a stretch of US 16 west of Buffalo. Located between mile marker 63.35 (Hazelton Road) and mile marker 68.96 (WYDOT Pole Creek camp), this 5.63-mile project includes milling the surface and replacing it with new plant mix. In addition...

July 19 2023

Chief Joseph Scenic Highway (WY296) slide repair project starts

A $2.06 million slide repair project started July 6 on WY296, about 27 miles west of the WY296/WY120 intersection west of Cody. Prime contractor on the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway slide is Oftedal Construction, Inc., of Casper. Contract completion date is Oct. 31. Project work on the Telephone Creek slide consists of slide repair, including construction of a dirt toe berm, installation of slide stabilization...