Railroad Street Path & Walks

Thank you to those who stopped by the Railroad St. Path & Walks open house on Wednesday, May 24. We hope you found the experience as informative and helpful as we did.

 If you were not able to attend the open house, the display materials that were presented can be viewed on the project’s webpage: https://www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/railroadstreet/docs/display-boards.pdf.

The project team will continue to work on the design phase. Your feedback and questions are essential to the project’s success, so please do not hesitate to reach out to the project team by emailing Sloane at Sloane@bigskypublicrelations.com or calling the project hotline at 406-207-4484, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information on the Railroad St. Path & Walks-Columbia Falls project, visit https://www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/railroadstreet/.

Building Connections to Bring Montana Together – Good Roads Day is June 20, 2023

If you’re traveling in Montana, chances are good you’ll need a road to help reach your destination. There are over 73,000 miles of roads open to public travel in our state, including nearly 13,000 miles of MDT routes, that accommodate over 13 billion annual vehicle miles traveled (AVMT). Simply put, roads and roadways (including bridges) keep our great state connected and moving forward! The third Tuesday in June marks Good Roads Day. This important date was designated by the Montana Legislature in 1947, whereby the people of the state are asked to contribute toward the improvement and safety of public highways (MCA 60-1-104). For MDT, building “good roads” takes time and means a continuous planning process that is underway long before ground is ever broken on a project. It can take eight years to complete a road project, but long-range planning starts (depending on the project) 1-20 years prior to the project start date. As transportation needs outpace revenue 3 to 1, MDT focuses on safety and preserving and maintaining transportation infrastructure as top priorities; in other words, keeping Montana’s good roads in good order. Join MDT in celebrating Good Roads Day on June 20, 2023, and share what #GoodRoads mean to you! Find more facts about funding and Montana’s roads in MDT’s Fact Book: https://mdt.mt.gov/publications/docs/brochures/factbook.pdf

Best wishes,

Sloane Stinson, on behalf of the Montana Department of Transportation