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Transportation outlines $26.7M in exception requests; highlights trooper training costs and airport subsidy need
Summary
WYDOT told the committee it seeks $26.7 million in exception requests including an $18.4 million one‑time capacity purchase agreement for small airports, plus law enforcement equipment and personnel reclassifications; agency said it costs about $96,000 to train a trooper and raised alarms about overtime exposure.
Wyoming Department of Transportation Director Darren Westby presented the agency's $256 million standard budget and $26.7 million in exception requests, focusing committee attention on a one‑time $18.4 million capacity purchase agreement to sustain commercial air service at five smaller airports and a package of law enforcement and operational equipment requests.
Nut graf: Westby framed the requests as necessary to maintain critical transportation services: he said the capacity purchase agreement dates to a 2019 legislative initiative that helped guarantee air service to small communities…
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