WTC awards highway project contracts

Contracts totaling $12.8 million for six highway projects around the state, including two to be funded with revenue from the fuel tax increase, were awarded by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its March meeting in Cheyenne.

Cheyenne’s Simon Contractors and Subsidiaries won the largest of the contracts with a bid of $3.2 million for improvements to nearly 4 miles of US 26 (Valley Road) in Torrington.

Simon also was the low bidder at $2.88 million for a contract for patching on nearly 10 miles of highway sections in Albany and Laramie counties by Oct. 31, 2015.

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