WYDOT reminds drivers of new penalties for weight-based road closures

The Wyoming Department of Transportation would like to remind motorists of the new penalties for violating highway closures to light and high profile vehicles that went into effect July 1.

The "Light and high profile vehicle closures bill" (SF0113) passed in the 2024 legislative session. The bill language notes that, "any person who willfully fails to observe any sign, marker, warning, notice or direction" for closures to light, high-profile vehicles is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, subject to a fine of $1000 and potential imprisonment for not more than 30 days.

If the motorist...