Transportation Commission awards $25 million in highway contracts in May

Motorists will experience reduced traffic congestion on US 310 near Lovell after construction crews install additional lanes and make other changes to improve traffic flow.

The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded S & S Builders, of Gillette, an $11.7 million contract at its meeting on May 18. The commission awarded that and 11 other contracts totaling $25 million.

For the work on the 4 miles near Lovell in Big Horn County, crews will build two new bridges, make repairs to an existing bridge and realign sections of the road.

The work will also include widening certain sections near the junction of US 310 and US 14A to five lanes to decrease congestion. The remainder of the affected road will be configured as either two or four lanes. The contract completion date is June 30, 2019.

The other contracts the commission awarded included road surfacing projects, railroad crossing work and traffic light detection upgrades.

Kilgore Co., of Rock Springs, was the low bidder on a $4.5 million road surfacing project on 2 miles of road on Elk Street and Dewar Drive in Rock Springs in Sweetwater County. The work also includes resurfacing a bridge with concrete.

The work is being paid for with 10-cent fuel-tax revenue and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31.

Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, won a $1.9 million contract for a road surfacing project on 4 miles of WYO 270 between Guernsey and Manville in Platte and Niobrara counties.

Crews will also install new guardrail. The work is being paid for with 10-cent fuel-tax revenue and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2018.

The commission awarded Oftedal Construction Inc., of Casper, a $1.8 million contract for slide repair work on US 26 between Moran Junction and Dubois in Fremont and Teton counties.

The work includes installing new drains, filling in portions of the road with slope stabilization rock and removing other fill. The contract completion date is June 30, 2018.

71 Construction, of Casper, was the low bidder on a $1.2 million project to fix erosion damage at various locations between Lusk and Manville in Niobrara County. The contract completion date is Oct. 31.

The commission also awarded contracts for:

• $843,722 to Modern Electric Co., of Casper, to install new traffic light detection systems at several intersections in Casper in Natrona County by Nov. 30;
• $831,491 to Wilson Brothers Construction Inc., of Cowley, for a 0.15 mile road surfacing and guardrail replacement project on US 14 between Greybull and Burgess Junction in Big Horn County by Aug. 31;
• $807,000 to DeBernardi Construction Co. Inc., of Rock Springs, for a 0.20 mile road surfacing project on WYO 374 near the Little America interchange in Sweetwater County by Oct. 31;
• $584,959 to McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland, for a road surfacing and erosion control project on 2 miles of US 16 between Worland and Ten Sleep in Washakie County by Oct. 31;
• $296,190 to 71 Construction, of Casper, to improve a railroad crossing on WYO 160 and Laramie Avenue in Fort Laramie in Goshen County by Oct. 31;
• $255,576 to EHC LCC, of Deaver, to improve a railroad crossing on WYO 319 in Glendo in Platte County by Oct. 31; and
• $174,161 to EHC LCC for a road surfacing project on 0.25 mile of road on County Road 176 in Lysite in Fremont County by Sept. 30.

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