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Billings residents urge Stagecoach Trail as city hears 30% design and funding update
Summary
Residents filled public comment to back the Stagecoach multiuse trail; city engineers presented a 30% design with three route options and said a $4.8 million federal Transportation Alternatives grant and outside matches cover most construction, with a projected city share of about $750,000 under current estimates.
A packed public-comment period Monday night put early political cover behind the Stagecoach multiuse trail as Billings city engineers presented a 30% design update and a funding picture that relies heavily on federal and private money.
“Let's build a Stagecoach Trail,” said Jim Nichols, a Billings resident, one of a string of speakers who urged council support for the trail that would connect Rimrock Road to the Skyland Trail and create safer, nonmotorized access to the Rim Rocks.
City engineer Mac Fogelsung told council the project team and HDR Engineering have three conceptual routes under study: a higher-cost option bolted onto the Zimmerman Trail (estimated about $7.3 million); a mechanically challenging,…
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