Super Bowl impaired driving enforcement operation yields 3 DUI arrests, 40 speeding citations

A Fremont County multi-agency impaired driving enforcement operation during Super Bowl weekend resulted in 186 traffic stops, three arrests of impaired drivers, and 40 speeding citations. The Fremont County DUI Task Force prioritizes impaired driving, but law enforcement issued 29 citations for other offenses and made two arrests for controlled substance during the three-day operation in February....

Nighttime work on the Snake River Bridge continues this Friday night

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JACKSON, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be closing a lane over the Snake River Bridge on Wyoming State Highway 22 again this Friday evening, beginning at 11 p.m. Traffic will be carried through the work areas at reduced speeds on a single lane under flagging operations, and will alternate on one lane while crews work in the other lane. The work will conclude by 4 a.m. Saturday...

Transportation Commission awards about $24.5 million in highway contracts in February

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded about $24.5 million in contracts for eight Wyoming Department of Transportation construction projects during its Feb. 20 regular business meeting. The commission awarded a nearly $8.24 million bid to JTL Group Inc., DBA Knife River, based out of Cheyenne for a project in Hot Springs and Park Counties. The project scope includes milling,...

WYDOT to begin repair of retaining wall on US 16 west of Buffalo

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Buffalo, Wyo – The Wyoming Department of Transportation awarded Oftedal Construction an $809,268 contract to rebuild a block retaining wall damaged due to two runaway truck crashes. Oftedal Construction will begin mobilizing equipment the week of March 10 and have traffic control set by March 17 when work is to begin. The damage to the retaining wall is the result of two runaway truck events that occurred...

Westbound I-80 traffic will detour through Green River tomorrow

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. – The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be detouring the westbound Interstate 80 traffic through the town of Green River beginning Monday at 6:30 a.m. to mill and pave the crossover at mile marker 90-91 on the west end of Green River. “We really want these crossovers to last the duration of the head-to-head traffic, which could be months. We have been seeing some deterioration...