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City engineers weigh road-diet options for busy Montana Avenue; MDT chip-seal to proceed
Summary
Engineering staff updated council on Montana Avenue coordination with MDT and recommended against angle parking and pull-in schemes for the corridor (roughly 10,000 vehicles/day), favoring targeted traffic-calming elements and a later CIP for larger changes; converting the segment to two-way could forfeit MDT funding, staff warned.
City engineers updated the Billings City Council on options for Montana Avenue on Monday and urged a measured approach that preserves MDT repairs while exploring heavier traffic-calming as a future capital project.
The Montana Avenue corridor carries roughly 10,000 vehicles per day, staff said, and Montana Department of Transportation work this year will include chip seal, select curb repairs and…
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