Transportation Commission awards $33 million in highway contracts in March

Construction crews will realign 4.8 miles of road as part of the second phase of the Garner Lake Road project to help accommodate traffic in the Gillette area.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, an $11 million contract for the work. The commission awarded that and 10 other contracts totaling $33 million at its recent meeting.

For the second phase of Garner Lake Road, crews will realign County Road 38N in Campbell County. The new road will be parallel to the existing road and will connect with Northern Drive and phase one of the project. 

During phase one, crews extended Garner Lake Road to WYO 59 to provide another northern access into Gillette. The contract completion date for the second phase is of July 31, 2020.

Other contracts the commission awarded included paving, bridge rehabilitation, traffic signal and rumble strip work.

Northern Improvement Company, of Fargo, South Dakota, was the low bidder on an $8.5 million contract for bridge work on Interstate 25 between Casper and Kaycee in Natrona County.

Crews will rehabilitate four bridges, extend the median guardrail and pave about 7.8 miles of road. The contract completion date is June 30, 2020.

Croell Inc., of Sundance, won a $4 million contract for bridge work on US 18/20 between Orin Junction and Lost Springs in Converse County. 

Crews will replace the deck and pave 6 miles of road. The contract completion date is June 30, 2020.

The commission awarded McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland, a $2.6 million contract for a pavement project on 5 miles of WYO 120 between Meeteetse and Cody in Park County.

The work includes a 1-inch level followed by a 2-inch overlay and a chip seal. The contract completion date is June 30, 2020.

Mountain Construction Co., of Lovell, was the low bidder on a $2.3 million pavement and sidewalk contract on US 14 between Shell and Burgess Junction in Big Horn County.

Crews will make federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades to sidewalks and pave about 4.5 miles of road. The contract completion date us June 30, 2020.

The commission also awarded contracts for:

• $1.3 million to McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co. for a 3-mile pavement project and slope work on WYO 31 between Manderson and Hyattville in Big Horn County by Oct. 31, 2019;
• $1.1 million to Croell Inc. for a 5-mile pavement project on WYO 91 west of Douglas in Converse County by Oct. 31, 2019;
• $779,269 to Dietzler Construction Corp., of Yoder, for bridge replacement project over Horse Creek on County Road CN7-47A in Goshen County by June 30, 2020;
• $467,762 to Modern Electric Co., of Casper, for a new traffic signal at the intersection of Boxelder and Garner Lake in Gillette by Oct. 31, 2019;
• $459,750 to Surface Preparation Tech, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for rumble strip projects at various locations statewide by Aug. 31, 2019; and
• $232,484 to Casper Electric Inc., of Casper, for a fiber optic cable work for traffic signals in Cheyenne by Oct. 31, 2019.