Wed May 24, 2017
Voters Overwhelmingly Approve School Bonds for New Construction
Three Montana cities have passed school bonds for construction, including a $125 million bond in Bozeman to build a new high school and remodel the current one. School districts throughout the state held elections on May 2 to choose school board members and request operating levies....
Thu May 11, 2017
Open Job Bids for Montana Rail Park
As of May 9, project bids for a rail park located in Flathead, Montana have opened. The proposed Glacier Rail Park will a rail-served industrial facility serving Montana's northwest region. Partial funding has come from the US Department of Transportation via the Transportation Investment Generating Economic grant....
Wed May 10, 2017
Montana House Approves Scaled-Down Measure to Boost Road Project Funding
The Montana House of Representatives completed the Legislature's approval of a measure that would raise motor fuel taxes to generate about $30 million a year more for state and local transportation projects....
Matt Volz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon May 01, 2017
Montana Senate Panel Trims House Proposal to Increase State Fuel Tax
A Senate panel trimmed a proposed increase to the state's fuel tax previously passed by the Montana House to pay for road and bridge projects. The Senate Finance and Claims Committee approved raising the gas tax by 4-½ cents a gallon beginning this summer and gradually increasing it another 1-½ cents by mid-2022....
Mon April 03, 2017
Rehabilitation of Landmark Road Nearly Complete
This year marks the home stretch of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) rehabilitation, a 10-year-long project to restore the nearly 90-year-old road to its former glory. But unlike other road rehabilitation projects where the new construction is noticeable, on the GTSR, motorists would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the new construction and the 1930s' construction....
Mon March 06, 2017
DOT Chiefs Tell Congress to Up Federal Funding
The heads of departments of transportation for two western states told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee they need Congress to craft an infrastructure investment plan that provides new federal funding to help states improve their systems and meet growing demand....
Chuck Harvey - Mon February 20, 2017
Crews Overcome Obstacles on Montana Bridge
Montana's $13.5 million Cabinet Gorge Replacement Project is progressing despite discovery of a huge boulder obstruction by workers drilling under the Columbia River that slowed foundation work on the bridge that will cross the Clark Fork of the river in Sanders County, Mont....
Matt Volz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon February 06, 2017
Democratic Lawmakers Push Infrastructure as Montana Priority
Montana Democrats said their top priority for the legislative session will be pushing Gov. Steve Bullock's $293 million infrastructure package after a similar proposal was rejected by Republican-led lawmakers two years ago....
Matt Volz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon January 23, 2017
Montana Re-Starts Delayed Projects
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said that suspended road construction projects worth $144 million can go forward after the state received a $10 million Medicaid reimbursement from the federal government. The news came as a relief to contractors who had worried the delayed projects would lead to highway worker layoffs across the state....
Matthew Brown - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon January 23, 2017
Bypass Channel on Yellowstone River to Benefit Montana, North Dakota Farmers
Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam aimed at benefiting Montana and North Dakota farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish species dating to the time of dinosaurs....
