By Marcus Huff
Staff Writer 

Commission meets Tuesday; road issues on tap

 

November 17, 2018



WORLAND – The Washakie County Commission will meet Tuesday to hear regular department reports and revisit with the Road and Bridge department regarding limiting access to two county roads.

Previously, the commission discussed a plan to restrict two heavily-trafficked county roads to local-only traffic.

The two roads in question, Washakie Ten and the Lower Nowood Road west of Ten Sleep, have seen much recent damage due to heavy out-of-state and semi-truck traffic, and residents have expressed their concerns to the commission regarding high rates of speed along those roads.

Commissioner Aaron Anderson, during the last commission meeting, noted that of all the issues before the county, the traffic on the Lower Nowood is one he hears about the most, and that residents are all in favor of doing something to limit the amount of travel on that route.

While the roads already have posted weight restrictions, the county is working with the Wyoming Department of Transportation to research state aid in rerouting traffic and updating on-board GPS systems to inform drivers that those are local-only trafficked roads.

Under the county’s proposal to the Road and Bridge Department, the roads would have signs at the entrances (and possibly one in Manderson) warning that the roads have been limited to local traffic only.

The inclusion of the specific ordinance, as suggested by County Attorney John Worrall, would give the Sheriff’s Office the jurisdiction to issue citations for non-residents using the roads.

The commission meets at 9 a.m. at the county courthouse. All meetings are open to the public.

 
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