2014 releases

May 20 2014

Transportation Commission awards $34 million in highway contracts

Contracts totaling $34.1 million for eight highway projects around the state were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its May meeting in Laramie. Oftedal Construction of Casper won the largest of the contracts with the low bid of $11.1 million for reconstruction of US 16 through Ten Sleep and adding a climbing lane for westbound traffic leaving Ten Sleep. The project also will include...

May 16 2014

Aeronautics Commission adds informal meeting to Gillette schedule

The Wyoming Aeronautics Commission will conduct an informal meeting at 4 p.m. today at the Wingate hotel in Gillette to discuss air service. No decisions will be made at the meeting. The commission is in Gillette to conduct airport tours today and its quarterly meeting Friday. Commissioners will tour the Hulett Municipal Airport at 11:30 a.m. today, and the Gillette-Campbell County Airport at 2:45...

May 14 2014

Record storm brings record 511 Web traffic

This week’s record spring snowstorm resulted in a record 19 million hits to WYDOT’s 511 Travel Information Service website. The high volume of users caused slowed response times for some of the site’s pages during the storm. “We are working to correct the problems,” said Vince Garcia, manager of WYDOT’s Geographic Information Systems/Intelligent Transportation Systems program. “WYDOT is making every...

May 14 2014

Draft federal transportation funding bill is good start

Draft legislation released by a U.S. Senate committee earlier this week is a good start towards reauthorization of federal transportation funding, according to WYDOT Director John Cox. The legislation, titled MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, was issued Monday by the Senate's Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming is a leading member of the committee and a co-sponsor...

May 14 2014

WYO 59 south of Gillette reopens following fatal crash

WYO 59 was reopened at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, following a four-hour closure due to a crash that resulted in three fatalities and at least three injuries. The crash at about 7:30 a.m. involved eight vehicles and blocked the entire highway. The Highway Patrol says a northbound Powder River Transport bus crashed into the back of a line of traffic stopped by a flagger at a WYDOT crack sealing project. The...