2012 releases

June 26 2012

Transportation commission awards nearly $29 million in contracts

Contracts totaling $28.9 million for nine highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its June meeting in Cheyenne. Reiman Corp. of Cheyenne won the largest contract with the low bid of $12.2 million for a new 1.5-mile highway section and railroad overpass spanning the BNSF tracks to connect US 85 to US 26 near F Street in Torrington. The work also...

June 18 2012

Crashes, delays drop at Vandehei Interchange

The number of crashes and the average wait times for vehicles both dropped during the first year the roundabouts at the Vandehei Interchange on I-25 in Cheyenne were open to traffic. The roundabouts opened on May 25, 2011, 25 days ahead of schedule. Reiman Corp. of Cheyenne completed the project for $6.1 million. In the year since the roundabouts opened there have been three crashes reported at...

May 21 2012

Transportation Commission awards $33 million in highway contracts

Contracts totaling nearly $33.4 million for 10 highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its May meeting in Casper. Nearly six miles of Interstate 90 about 24 miles southeast of Buffalo will be reconstructed by Riverside Contracting of Missoula, Mont., which submitted the low bid of $20.2 million. Work will begin on the eastbound lanes and will...

April 24 2012

Transportation Commission awards nearly $28 million in highway contracts

Contracts totaling nearly $28 million for 11 highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its regular monthly meeting in Cheyenne. Worland’s McGarvin Moberly Construction won the largest of the contracts with a low bid of $6.9 million for milling off deteriorating pavement and replacing it with a new layer of pavement on 11 miles of US 20-26 between...

March 27 2012

Commission awards $31 million in contracts

Contracts totaling nearly $31.2 million for 11 highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its March meeting in Cheyenne. Work will begin on the new West Belt Loop Road west of Casper under a contract won by Kelley Trucking of Golden, Colo., with a low bid of $19.2 million. The project will include grading and other earthwork and construction of...