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Missoula MPO wins federal grant to study safety on Reserve Street; study due within a year
Summary
Missoula Metropolitan Planning Organization officials say a federally funded safety study of the Reserve Street corridor (Brooks to I‑90) will begin this summer, produce a prioritized action plan in 9–12 months and identify short‑term pedestrian improvements and longer-term projects.
Missoula County commissioners and Aaron Wilson, transportation planning manager for the Missoula Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), said the MPO has secured a Safe Streets for All grant to fund a comprehensive safety study of Reserve Street, the Highway 93 corridor that runs through the city’s commercial north side.
The study will cover the Reserve Street corridor from Brooks Street to Interstate 90 and is expected to begin in summer after federal grant agreements are completed, Wilson said. He estimated the study period at roughly nine months to a year and said it will produce a safety action plan listing short‑term “quick fixes” and longer‑term projects that would require additional funding for construction.
"We have funding to do a comprehensive safety study for Reserve Street from Brooks all the way up to I‑90," Wilson said. He described the MPO’s…
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