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Missoula County postpones Lolo Street Bridge interlocal after federal grant officials change savings rule
Summary
County commissioners removed the Lolo Street Bridge interlocal from the consent agenda after staff said Federal Highway Administration guidance requires any project savings be returned to the federal grant, prompting staff to rewrite the agreement and delay approval.
Missoula County commissioners postponed approval of an interlocal agreement for the Lolo Street Bridge project after county staff said federal officials told them any savings on the project must be returned to the Federal Highway Administration.
County staff member Shane Stack told commissioners the change came in a phone call the morning of the meeting, when FHWA informed staff it had a new draft grant agreement requiring a share of any project savings be returned to the federal government. "They did mention that any savings that we see on the project has to go towards the federal funding," Stack said. He said that language contradicted the county's draft interlocal, which had prioritized returning savings to the city first, and that he had already sent a…
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