Center Street underpass to temporarily close in coming week for sewer repairs 3%

By Tommy Culkin9%

8/7/2026, 5:24:20 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 25 hits. Analysis detected 75 faulty-reasoning hits from 158 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (29,879 of 30,584 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the article peer group.

CASPER, Wyo.  The Center Street railroad underpass will temporarily close beginning Monday, Aug. 10 to allow for the repair and rehabilitation of the local storm sewer system. 
According to a Friday release from city officials, the closure is expected to last from one to three weeks. 
Public Services Director Krista Johnston said the rehabilitation project will aim to address damage to storm sewer catch basins that have become obstructed by sand, litter and various other debris. 
She added that the drainage system is currently operating at approximately just 20% of its total capacity, a deficiency that has resulted in localized flooding. 
During the closure, crews will repair the catch basins and clean the pipes. 
The infrastructure will also undergo a full inspection, with further repairs to be conducted as required. 
Johnston said Poplar Street or Beverly Street are suggested as the primary detours for motorists. 
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158 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker44%attributed speech88writer words
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Krista Johnston

36%flagged-word coverage
70 attributed words100% of attributed speech35% writer coverage
0%12.5%25.0%Unattributed Quote-21.6 ptsWriter: 21.6%Krista Johnston: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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