Twelve pavement preservation projects have been completed using the additional fuel tax revenue WYDOT received during the past year, and work is expected to be complete this fall on five others.

Work also is underway on a bridge rehabilitation project, and a contract has been awarded for a resurfacing project, both scheduled to be completed next year.

WYDOT’s share of the additional fuel tax revenues raised during the first 12 months the increase was in effect was approximately $46 million. Cities and counties received the remaining $23 million raised during the first year it was in effect. WYDOT had estimated its share of the additional tax revenue would be about $47.5 million during the first year.

The 12 projects already completed with the additional revenue were pavement preservation projects on 89 miles of highway, primarily involving milling off a few inches of deteriorating pavement and replacing it with a new layer of pavement the same thickness.

WYDOT Director John Cox said the department has been " able to do a number of quick-hitting projects that will preserve the life of the existing pavement, consistent with our pavement preservation program. So it will allow us to go further in between restoration projects off of the interstate system.”

Looking ahead, the department plans to begin 47 additional projects with the 10-cent fuel tax money during the next three fiscal years. Maps and lists of the completed and planned projects can be found on the WYDOT here. 

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