Big Horn Avenue
As of Monday, April 3, the Yankee Car Wash on Yellowstone Avenue in Cody is closed for an eight-week remodel. It will reopen as the latest location for the widespread western company Rocky Mountain Car Wash. According to the company website, Mike and Sherri Irwin started Rocky Mountain Car Wash in 2001, with their first…
An intoxicated woman drove a pickup truck through the restaurant’s wall at the intersection of Big Horn Avenue and Blackburn Street, trapping and injuring a man underneath. At approximately 8:18 p.m. Sunday night, a white pickup truck crashed into the El Vaquero Restaurant at 2425 Big Horn Avenue in Cody. The vehicle crashed through the…
The incident occurred on the same day Cody residents are encouraged to attend a presentation of the Big Horn Avenue Corridor Study draft plan. A traffic accident involving two vehicles occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23. Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Big Horn Avenue and Blackburn Street. The Cody Police Department,…
Phillip Bowman, Cody Public Works Director and City Engineer, spoke about the latest on the Big Horn Avenue project at Freedom Street. Phillip also spoke about why water rates in Cody will be going up eight percent on December 1st. He also explained how the City comes up with their rate for water usage.
After evaluating current traffic and future growth, the future of Big Horn Avenue could be one with multiple traffic signals and pedestrian crossings flanked by roundabouts on either end. A small but invested crowd gathered in the Cody Middle School commons area on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. This was the first of two public information…
There is another chance for the Cody community to hear the findings, see the facts, and possibly give their input on permanent solutions to keep pedestrians safe and traffic moving on Big Horn Avenue. The Canadian company Stantec Inc. is continuing the Big Horn Avenue Corridor Study, commissioned by the City of Cody. Their objective…
Stefanie Bell, Vice Chair of Park County School Board Number 6, spoke about the Big Horn Avenue project that is affecting traffic. What is the project accomplishing, what’s the next step and how is being evaluated. She also talked about issues the school board is facing right now.
Phillip Bowman, the Public Works Director for the City of Cody, spoke about the temporary crosswalk that has been installed on Big Horn Avenue at Freedom Street. Phillip also talked about the Master Plan study as well as a newly approved storm drainage utility fee.
Parents driving students to Cody Middle School should know the temporary rules preventing left turns on most routes to the school for the next three months. W.Y.D.O.T. has placed a temporary pedestrian crosswalk on the Freedom Street and Big Horn Ave intersection. It’s part of a larger test –the Big Horn Avenue Corridor Study –…
A pedestrian crosswalk will be temporarily placed on Big Horn Avenue by Cody Middle School as a possible solution to the dangers children face when crossing the highway – but drivers may not like it. W.Y.D.O.T. announced a three-month pedestrian crosswalk test will be installed before the beginning of the 2022-23 school year in Cody…