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The work will include shared-use paths, turn lanes, lighting, and safer intersections and crosswalks. The project stretches from Reserve Street west to Clements Road.

Dick Giuliani writes, "The Midtown Commons project systematically strips away the only accessible green space immediately surrounding vulnerable neighborhoods."

One month after announcing its intent to implement impact fees across the district served by Missoula Rural Fire, Missoula County made the move official on Tuesday.

A master plan guiding future growth across a north Missoula neighborhood is nearing its final stretch and a high-density, mixed-use neighborhood has emerged as a community preference, along with an improved transportation network.

The City Council on an 8-2 vote approved $100,000 in annual funding to ensure MEP continues to carry out the city's economic development goals for another year.

Missoula's complete streets policy was last updated in 2016 but now, with the new Unified Development Code in hand, the city is working to bring the policy up do date with current codes.

The city will explore tweaks to city code that could help incentivize the construction of affordable housing, with recommendations expected by winter.

The city's department of Public Works and Mobility will stay in its West Broadway location and plans to invest $10.2 million to improve the building to accommodate employees and other public needs.

Plans to improve the intersection at West Broadway and Toole Avenue continue to advance and will gain some needed right-of-way when the project is ready to break ground.