County commissioners set to send WYDOT a pro-EIS letter on WY-22

Teton County’s Board of County Commissioners is set to formally back the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s recommendation that improvements to Wyoming Highway 22 go through a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), via a letter dated July 6 to WYDOT Director Darin Westby appreciation letter.

For anyone who drives the pass, the letter is less about picking a design now and more about forcing the next step: a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process that has to analyze “all reasonable alternatives” for a corridor that mixes crash risk, turning movements, and big environmental sensitivities in a narrow footprint. Commissioners cite “significant environmental effects” and “public safety considerations” as reasons the scale of the project warrants the deeper review appreciation letter.