Members of the City Council this week approved a construction contract to rehabilitate and reopen the Northside pedestrian bridge, which has been closed for months due to structural issues.
In his first budget presentation as mayor, Hess maintained his criticism of the state's tax system and continued his call for reforms, saying municipal governments are finding it more and more difficult to fund vital programs.
With an eye on the future, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency has placed a number of community investment projects into its Fiscal Year 24 budget, including the cost of matching future transit grants.
The airport and Missoula Economic Partnership are looking to package an air service grant to help bring new service. It used a similar grant in 2018 to bring American Airlines into the market with service to Dallas/Fort Worth.
Oregonians may soon have the right to pump gas into their vehicles on their own throughout the state, under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday with approval in the Senate.
The new maintenance and operations facility will be fully electric, which also adheres to the agency's goals of creating a vehicle fleet that emits no tailpipe emissions by 2035 – the same year as the city and county's clean electricity goals.
The city received proposals from Bird Scooters and the University of Montana in late 2022. Bird Scooters sought business opportunities while UM wants to address parking.
The city applied for RAISE Grant funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in hopes of funding the conversion of Front and Main streets to two-way traffic and reducing the four lanes on Higgins Avenue to 3 to leave more room for bike lanes.
Legislative plans for a research tax credit for the semiconductor industry and paying Oregon’s share of a multibillion-dollar bridge over the Columbia River took shape Tuesday.
While a number of transportation planning projects are advancing across Missoula, the city is hoping to land some federal funding to look at Reserve Street and ways to make it safer.