2020 releases

September 2 2020

Don’t Pay, Enjoy the Labor Day Holiday: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

This Labor Day holiday weekend will be celebrated enthusiastically, and Fremont County law enforcement is spreading the word about the dangers of impaired driving to get drunk drivers off the roads and save lives. Beginning Friday, Sept. 4,. and continuing through Monday, Sept. 7, additional officers, deputies and troopers will be on duty in Fremont County and they will show zero tolerance for drunk...

September 1 2020

Temporary signals deployed to help with congestion on off-ramp

EVANSTON – The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be addressing some congestion issues at the Interstate 80 eastbound off-ramp onto Front Street in Evanston. Preliminary investigation by WYDOT showed an issue with summer weekend/holiday traffic backing up onto the interstate, especially recreational trailers and motorhomes, trying to turn left off the off-ramp. WYDOT will be deploying portable...

August 31 2020

Alger Avenue intersection reopens Tuesday in Cody; west side of Beck Avenue intersection to close Tuesday

The west side Alger Avenue/17th Street intersection is scheduled to reopen to traffic Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Cody, but the west side of the Beck Avenue intersection is scheduled to close as improvements continue on the $4.93 million Sheridan Avenue concrete rehabilitation project. Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Todd Frost of Cody said contractor S&S Builders, LLC, of Gillette...

August 28 2020

Gillette intersections to be closed at night to place thermoplastic pavement markings

GILLETTE – WYDOT and its contractor S & L Industrial will be installing thermoplastic pavement markings at various interactions around Gillette over the next three weeks. This work will begin Monday, Aug. 31 with closures beginning at 6:00 p.m. Contractors will work throughout the night and end operations at 6 a.m. each day. The closures are scheduled for Monday through Friday and are expected to...

August 28 2020

Asphalt pavement milling on US 20/WYO 789 project slated to begin next week through Thermopolis

A $3.3 million highway improvement project is continuing through the Town of Thermopolis on US 20/WYO 789, and asphalt milling activities are slated to begin Wednesday, Sept. 2. Prime contractor is McGarvin-Moberly Construction Co., of Worland. "Milling activities are going to impact traffic and parking throughout the length of the project," said Wyoming Department of Transportation project engineer...