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Commissioners approve county gas-tax map; hear MDT grant updates
Summary
McCone County commissioners approved a county gas-tax map and heard updates from a Montana Department of Transportation meeting, including a cited RAISE grant for the Brockway project and a separate overlay project north of Fort Peck.
McCone County commissioners approved a county gas-tax map after a GIS presentation and discussed recent Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) activity.
Nancy Stempel of the county GIS office met with the board to review road gas-tax maps; the transcript records that "Mr. Jensen moved to approve the gas tax map and Commissioner Taylor seconded," with the motion recorded as passing. The same discussion included a note that one commissioner "abstained from the discussion." The record does not reconcile the abstention with the recorded 3-to-0 tally.
During commissioner reports, a member summarized an MDT meeting that included updates on the Brockway project and Brockway West. The speaker said MDT received a RAISE grant of $25,000,000 for the Brockway project and that an overlay north of Fort Peck was funded at about $2,500,000. The speaker also noted a route referenced in the transcript (rendered as "$2.53") was slated to be reclassified from a secondary to a primary road because of increased traffic. A cited state bill (Senate Bill 428) was mentioned as a change that would allow counties to post speed limits; no formal county action on that bill was recorded.
No further details about the map changes, the specific roads affected by reclassification or implementation timelines were provided in the recorded segments.
