Business owners urge city to oppose WYDOT median-barrier plan on Coffeen and Brundage

During public comment on March 16, business owner Carla Kaley urged Sheridan officials to take an active role with the Wyoming Department of Transportation regarding a proposed Coffeen and Brundage corridor project that would install concrete center median barriers. Kaley said the barriers—proposed as early as 2027—would prevent left turns into local businesses, depress commerce on the corridor and reroute large trucks onto residential streets such as Sheridan Avenue and Sugarland.

Kaley said the project appears designed to increase traffic flow and speed through the commercial corridor and that the city should press WYDOT for less aggressive alternatives, including revised signal timing to allow dedicated left-turn phases. She also said she is not aware of any environmental or economic studies for the project and called for an urgent stakeholder conversation before WYDOT finalizes plans.

The mayor and staff responded that the corridor is a state highway project and WYDOT has final authority, but that the city is communicating concerns and that some aesthetic landscaping costs could fall to the city if the project proceeds. Kaley asked the council to form a working group to engage stakeholders immediately; the transcript records the mayor saying the city would continue to voice concerns.

No formal action was taken by the council at the meeting on this WYDOT proposal.