Road Construction

We complain when the roads have huge potholes in the winter and we complain even more when the road is closed all together. Late summer in Wyoming means road construction and unless you are a flagger needing a job it's never is a good time. Getting to one part of town or part of the state you might have to wait a while or at least take a different route to your destination. I recently drove to For

Without a doubt the Clark Street viaduct was in rough shape and has caused concerns for quite some time.  On August 8th construction crews began repairs on the Clark Street Viaduct and had hopes of reopening the bridge by Monday August 15th. The viaduct will now reopen Saturday morning August 20th.

Your Question: Why has notification of street closures and construction work been so poor throughout the City? I am hearing horror stories of people finding their driveways to be blocked when they get home and not knowing if they will have water the next hour.

The Clark Street Viaduct will be temporarily shut down on Monday, Aug. 8 so the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) can make repairs to the bridge deck. The viaduct will be closed on both ends at 9:30 a.m. on Monday and is expected to be opened one week later, weather dependent. WYDOT is advising Laramie motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists to use detours.

A temporary web camera is being used to monitor the temporary bridge on Snowy Range Road (Wyo 130) which was constructed after a flash flood washed out a section of the road, killing four members of a Colorado family. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) had the camera installed as an added measure of safety during repairs.

Your Question: Why are construction crews tearing up parts of Grand Avenue that they just finished paving earlier this month? Also I was under the impression that Grand Avenue would be repaved all the way through town but now it looks like potholes are just being filled again. Why aren't they repaving our main street that desperately needs some TLC? Next winter it is guaranteed to be a total mess

The Wyoming Department of Transportation has completed a temporary single lane bridge over the section of road that washed out on WYO 130 July 19th. WYDOT posted on their website that WYO 130 reopened at approximately 4:15 PM this past Saturday. The washout killed 3 people and an emergency responder’s vehicle was also caught up in the torrential rains that washed away the victim’s vehicle . Emerge

On Wednesday morning, crews will begin patching Grand Avenue between 7th and 17th Streets. Motorists are advised to expect minor delays during daylight hours due to single lane restrictions in each direction on Grand.

Your Question: The first 1/2 of the Grand Ave. project has went quite well and now they are well on their way to completing the second. My question is concerning the prep work of the dirt. The first 1/2 had what looked almost like a rototiller on steroids go up and down Grand several times followed by graders and compactors. On this second 1/2 I have not seen that machine in use at all. Is this du

Summer in Laramie, we finally have nice weather the University Students are gone and our favorite route to the grocery stores are going to be under construction.  Not complaining though, it will be nice when everything is done and you don't have to avoid huge pot-holes.