Highlights from the plan include converting a crosswind runway into a taxiway, creating space for up to 14 gates, increasing available parking, and expanding room for firefighting operations.
Aided by a federal grant and matching funds from the state, the City of Missoula plans to launch a study of Reserve Street and consider potential safety changes to the corridor.
Frontier Airlines will increase its number of weekly flights from Missoula to Denver this spring, and United Airlines will also make additions in response.
More than 10 months after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a popular bill to redistribute Montana’s marijuana revenue, the poll in which lawmakers will be able to override the veto is headed toward their mailboxes.
Plans to reshape the downtown transportation network and another geared toward Brooks Street remain on the horizon, and the city is pursuing them both with diligence.
Critics warned automated ticketing of motorists via photos singles out populations, and can become more of a revenue model for governments and system vendors than a solution to traffic safety.
Plans to improve the Highway 200 corridor through East Missoula have been long in the making but funding announced on Tuesday will move the project forward.
The Missoula City Council on Wednesday approved a number of transportation projects, including a crossing project on South Russell Street and a trail extension off Flynn Lane and Mullan Road.
Disagreement over who should fund the project's sidewalks remained in play, as several properties within the project area will be assessed roughly 15% of the cost.