WYDOT to remove 8 Twitter accounts due to policy changes, fees
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation is removing eight of its Twitter accounts after the social media platform recently announced changes to its application programming interface platform. The API platform allowed WYDOT to send automated tweets straight from…
WYDOT wants public input on US 30 relocation west of Kemmerer
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will be hosting a public meeting to discuss relocating a 2.4-mile segment of US 30 west of Kemmerer between Reference Marker (RM) 49.70 and RM 52.10 in Lincoln County. This realignment is being proposed…
Whopper winter wallops wildlife
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Forced downhill by deep snow, hordes of elk, deer and antelope trying to survive the winter are congregating in highway corridors in southern and western Wyoming. A WyoFile reporter caught images of all three species of…
Avalanche infrastructure maintenance will cause traffic delays in Hoback Canyon
Jackson, Wyo. –The Wyoming Department of Transportation would like to inform drivers that WYDOT crews will be performing some maintenance on some avalanche infrastructure in the Hoback Canyon tomorrow, Feb. 18, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The work will…
Wyoming 511 travel website sees more than 2 billion hits in 2022
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s 511 travel website, wyoroad.info, registered about 2.2 billion site visits in 2022. “This is by far the most hits in a calendar year since the department started tracking them,” Vince Garcia, program manager…
WYDOT adjusts snow response
SHERIDAN (WNE) — Back-to-back storms impacting the entire state has caused Wyoming Department of Transportation snow crews to restructure how they approach clearing roads. WYDOT Assistant Chief Engineer for Operations Tom DeHoff told the Wyoming Transportation Commission Thursday maintenance crews…
WYDOT announces automated VSL pilot program
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Transportation is announcing an innovative pilot program to semi-automate Variable Speed Limit signs this winter in an effort to increase safety and to accommodate for Wyoming’s quickly-changing weather conditions. Typically, VSL changes are prompted by…
WYDOT will be striping in Jackson area
Jackson, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation, along with contract crews from S & L Industrial will be striping roads this week on WYO 22 during the day and in the town of Jackson, possibly during nighttime hours. Crews began…
Housing for state troopers, plow drivers clears hurdle
JACKSON (WNE) — Housing that will be primarily for state troopers and snow plow operators is moving forward. Teton County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a preliminary application from the Wyoming Department of Transportation to build housing for its employees…
Two lanes prepped for Etna to Alpine winter season
◆ Grover Corner and South End planned for coming year. Paving is scheduled to start Sept. 12 on two full lanes between Etna and Alpine. The lanes have been prepared with a Full Depth Reclamation (FDS) process in preparation for…