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Consultant urges Broadwater County support for BUILD grant to accelerate Winston Northwest work

Broadwater County Commission · January 15, 2026

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Summary

Great West Engineering and MDT seek Broadwater County letters of support for a USDOT BUILD/RAISE discretionary grant that could fund Winston Northwest; applications are due Feb. 24 and the project would be eligible for up to $25 million and—if awarded—could advance construction timelines.

Consultants and MDT staff on Jan. 16 asked Broadwater County residents and commissioners to support a BUILD (formerly RAISE/TIGER) grant application for the Winston Northwest corridor. Craig Erickson, senior funding specialist at Great West Engineering, said the USDOT notice of funding opportunity was published in December and that applications are due Feb. 24; selections are expected by June.

Erickson said the program this year includes about $1.5 billion nationally and allows rural projects—like Winston Northwest—to be eligible for up to 100% federal funding, with a maximum award of $25 million. He said Great West prepared a draft application in coordination with Broadwater County and MDT and is seeking partnership letters from local stakeholders and commissioners to strengthen the application.

MDT and Great West staff encouraged personalized letters explaining why the project matters locally, rather than boilerplate language, and offered a commissioners' template that residents may adapt. Multiple speakers at the meeting said they would submit letters; commissioners offered to post a template and to collect letters for the application.

MDT said Winston Northwest is at an early stage with no survey completed and no funding identified; if BUILD funding were awarded, the project could be pulled into the 2030 timeframe. If the grant is not awarded, the corridor remains outside MDT’s current five-year construction plan. MDT also encouraged public comment through its interactive project map and promised further public involvement as the application and designs develop.