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Rest areas to re-open

Sundance and Moorcroft will see their rest areas re-open for the 2021 tourist season, and possibly beyond. In a press release, Wyoming Office of Tourism Executive Director Diane Shober described them as valuable tourism tools.

“With the summer season just around the corner, I’m glad we will be able to reopen these facilities to travelers,” Governor Mark Gordon said. “We are glad to have this chance to find a temporary solution.”

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and Wyoming Office of Tourism (WOT) will partner to temporarily reopen and operate the rest areas, which were closed a...