Transportation Commission awards $13 million in highway contracts in July

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will soon begin slide stabilization repair work on the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway (WYO 296) in Park County.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded a $5.5 million contract to Oftedal Construction Inc., of Casper, to add 280,000 cubic yards of material at the bottom of the slide to stabilize it.

The material will counterbalance the slide to prevent it from moving. Crews will also replace guardrail and repair portions of the road that the slide damaged. 

Currently the road is down to one lane of travel. The contract completion date for WYO 296 is June 30, 2019.

Other contracts the commission awarded included bridge repairs, pavement resurfacing, sign installation and pavement widening.

JTL Group Inc., of Cheyenne, won a $2.1 million contract for bridge work on Horse Creek (WYO 211) in Laramie County. Crews will remove the old timber bridge, install piping and build a road on top of it. The contract completion date is June 30, 2019.

Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, was the low bidder on a $2 million road widening project on WYO 110 at the junction of WYO 24 and Devils Tower in Crook County.

Crews will add 8-foot shoulders on both sides of WYO 110, install a turning lane and install a second lane going into Devils Tower National Monument. The work will prevent traffic from backing up onto WYO 24. The contract completion date is June 30, 2019.

The commission awarded S & S Builders, of Gillette, a $1.1 million contract for bridge work at several locations in Big Horn and Crook counties.

Crews will perform erosion work, channel changes and minor structural repairs on five bridges. The contract completion date is Aug. 31, 2019.

The commission also awarded contracts for:

• $972,895 to Mountain Construction Co., of Lovell, for a left-turn lane on US 20 between Thermopolis and Worland in Hot Springs County by Oct. 31, 2019;
• $598,523 to Mountain View Building Inc., of Sheridan, for slide repair work on Interstate 90 in Sheridan County by June 30, 2019;
• $439,709 to Wilson Bros. Construction Inc., of Cowley, for pipe rehabilitation work at several locations in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs and Washakie counties by June 30, 2019;
• $357,830 to Oftedal Construction for road work to remove loose debris near the TY Basin Interchange in Platte County by Oct. 31, 2018;
• $259,723 to Modern Electric Co., of Casper, for variable speed limit signs at six locations on US 14-16-20 between Yellowstone National Park and Cody in Park County by June 30, 2019; and
• $128,864 to Modern Electric Co. for traffic signal work on Sheridan Avenue and 16th Street and Stampede Avenue and 17th Street in Cody by Nov. 30, 2018.

For additional information about this news release, contact Aimee Inama, senior Public Affairs specialist, at (307) 777-4013.