WYDOT

WYDOT currently has a few hundred vacancies statewide, though some of the WYDOT’s five districts currently have a larger number of unfilled jobs compared to other areas.

The department's Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grants are allocated to communities large and small and are being used to construct year-round, multi-use pathways. It comes as as interest in them is on the rise. This is addition to other funding initiatives that are managed by WYDOT aimed at improving the state's transportation network.

The awareness efforts are aimed at veterans in rural areas and those who are traveling with telehealth, mental health, and other resources to access VA care. Informational flyers are being posted at rest areas and eateries throughout the state to help with these efforts.

The highway patrol now has 12, K-9 units to handle narcotics and explosives. Two for explosives and ten for marijuana, cocaine, heroine, and now fentanyl.

Reiner said if all goes well new electric chargers could be installed by Fall 2023. The public comment period is open until July 27th.

WYDOT will be helping spend around $24 million over the next five years through the National Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Program (NEVI), but first they need people interested in building electric car charging stations.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is now accepting public comment on regulations for roadkill harvest. Earlier this year, legislation passed that made it legal to collect road killed deer, elk, antelope, moose, bison, or wild turkey. While the law went into effect on July 1, it still isn't technically legal until regulations have been approved.

According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), every year, around 6,000 big game animals are hit on roads in Wyoming. These animals are left to waste by the roadside until they're picked up by Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) employees. But thanks to new legislation passed this year, Wyoming will soon join 30 other states that allow people to collect those animals.

Lawmakers have taken a major step to begin tolling Interstate 80, the highway cutting across southern Wyoming.The Senate narrowly passed a bill that would…

When Wyoming resident Celeste Armstrong had her driver's license suspended a year ago, she had no way of knowing that her case could completely change the…