 - The citizen committee tasked with guiding the use of Riverton’s 1 percent optional sales tax revenues has recommended $3.4 million in road and infrastructure projects for the upcoming construction season, city officials reported last month.){kind=link}
(Riverton, WY) – The citizen committee tasked with guiding the use of Riverton’s 1 percent optional sales tax revenues has recommended $3.4 million in road and infrastructure projects for the upcoming construction season, city officials reported last month.
The largest effort – the ongoing Riverview Road Reconstruction Project – will account for about $2.775 million of that total, Public Works Director Brendan Thoman reported during a Riverton City Council meeting last month.
Other projects the Fix Our Roads Citizen Committee recommended for the upcoming year include a $350,000 allocation for continued slurry seal and roadway striping work throughout town, Thoman said.
The city’s 2026 slurry seal project will cover sections of the downtown area, offshoots of Riverview Road, portions of Fremont and Park streets near Main Street, and other roads “that are perfectly situated for this” type of work, he said – meaning “they have a good structure to them, the asphalt is holding together, (and they’re) not too worn.”
Thoman estimated that the city would apply about 100,000 square yards of asphalt slurry seal this year.
The FORC Committee recommended that about $120,000 in concrete drainage and replacement work be completed adjacent to the slurry seal projects, he noted, and they also set aside $110,000 to replace a section of roadway experiencing drainage issues in the Reach Subdivision.
“(There is) a section where curb and gutter and the roads have been buckling because of a poor storm drain system,” Thoman said, referring to the latter project. “Multiple citizens have come to the FORC Committee and expressed concern in that area.”
Finally, Thoman said FORCC allocated $40,000 to address a portion of Chimney Rock Drive, with the remainder of their funding for 2026 going toward engineering work for a project on Liberty, Flag and Independence drives – areas that have “been brought up multiple times with the FORC Committee to do repairs.”
Mayor Tim Hancock noted that city officials have been “talking about” the road conditions in that neighborhood for years.
“It needs to be done,” he agreed. “(I’m) glad to hear we’re getting on it.”
The FORC Committee’s account held just over $4.2 million when it met April 13 to make its recommendations, Thoman said.
For more information, call the City of Riverton at (307) 856-2227.