Amtrak is moving train cars to the Northwest from other parts of the country to swap in for 26 cars abruptly pulled from service in late March due to corrosion problems.
House Bill 848 would create a “Big Sky Rail Account” within the state special revenue fund. It would appropriate $2 million annually to the new rail account and would come from a tax on certain railroad cars.
The City of Missoula is working with transportation officials to ensure grants already approved by the federal government come through amid the Trump administration's cuts.
Jim Elliott writes, "They would get it registered right away, meaning they would have to drive to Helena, the county seat, to do it, a 150-mile round trip."
The Department of Public Works and Mobility sat down with members of the City Council this week to discuss Missoula's sidewalk program and if, or how it should continue.