Reduced 40 mph speed limit in place on WYO 132 (Blue Sky Highway) north of Ethete

Maintenance crews from the Wyoming Department of Transportation are working to hold together WYO 132 (Blue Sky Highway) near Wyoming Indian Elementary School on the Wind River Reservation.

The highway, between the traffic signal in Ethete and US 287 north of Lander, is slated for reconstruction beginning this spring. The reconstruction project is expected to be completed in 2018.

In the meantime, parts of the roadway between Lander and Ethete are "falling apart," according to WYDOT maintenance foreman Matt Sanders of Lander.

WYDOT's Lander maintenance crew is patching the highway on an as-needed basis.

A reduced speed limit of 40 mph is in place between WY1O 32's junction with 17 Mile Road and Wyoming Indian Elementary School, and between the school and US 287, north of Lander.

"Please be patient. We are monitoring the roadway on a daily basis," Sanders said. "Please slow down through these areas, and always, buckle up."

For information about WYDOT's work, contact WYDOT public relations specialist Cody Beers at (307) 431-1803.