2020 releases

January 28 2020

Aeronautics Commission to hold teleconference meeting Jan. 31

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will hold a teleconference meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 31. The commission will consider the fiscal year 2020 Wyoming Aviation Capital Improvement Program (WACIP) budget modifications, and the proposed fiscal year 2021 WACIP budget modifications. The WACIP is a compilation of all anticipated improvement projects for each public airport in Wyoming. The commission will...

January 27 2020

WYDOT starts issuing new, more secure driver licenses and ID cards

Wyoming’s driver licenses and identification cards will now be more secure and harder to counterfeit. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) recently started issuing new state driver licenses and ID cards that have extra security features. Those whose cards are expiring will receive a new driver license or identification card, which look different from the current licenses and ID cards. WYDOT...

January 24 2020

Transportation Commission awards $13.5 million in contracts in January

The Wyoming Department of Transportation will make improvements to 12 miles of WYO 12 northwest of Laramie in Albany County. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded a $3 million contract to Simon Contractors, of Cheyenne, for the pavement work. The commission awarded that and six other projects totaling $13.5 million at its recent meeting. For the WYO 12 work, crews will perform a mill and overlay,...

January 22 2020

Wyoming driver licenses Real ID compliant

Not sure if you have a valid federally compliant Wyoming driver license? Just check the top right corner. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) has been issuing REAL ID compliant driver licenses since 2011, which currently feature a gold star in the top right corner. WYDOT has recently started issuing a new revamped driver license, and those will also feature a star in the top right corner....

January 16 2020

WYDOT to work on temporary signals at two locations in the Cheyenne area

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will install temporary signals at two intersections in the Cheyenne area next week. Weather permitting, crews will start the work on Jan. 21 by installing the signals at the intersection of Happy Jack near F.E. Warren Base Gate 2 and east of Interstate 25 at Missile Drive and the I-25 northbound ramps. It could take one to two days for crews to install...