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by Michael Stafford
Main Street may be reduced from four lanes down to three, the middle one being a turning lane. The crossings and traffic lights at the intersection of Milwaukee may be changed and updated. And Main Street may have a new seal and cover from the cattle guard south of Arrowstone Park all the way to the north I-90 interchange.
That’s the potentially plan of the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) for sometime after 2020.
At the February 4 meeting of the city council, they heard the news about the changes as they were asked by the MDT to pass a resolution of support reducing the number of lanes on Main Street in order to meet the current traffic signal configuration, provide for better pedestrian safety and improve the visual look of Main Street. Main Street is owned and maintained by the state as a secondary highway (Highway 275).
The project does not involve a change of parking orientation along the route and the current parallel parking will be maintained.
As the topic came up on the council’s agenda, Mayor Caleb Burton asked Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Brian Bender to explain the background of the resolution before the aldermen.
“Actually this is pretty exciting. This is a continuation of the dialogue we’ve been having with the Butte District [of the MDT] regarding Main Street and subsequent improvements to Main Street,” said Bender.
see Changes page 15
Main Street may be reduced from four lanes down to three, the middle one being a turning lane. The crossings and traffic lights at the intersection of Milwaukee may be changed and updated. And Main Street may have a new seal and cover from the cattle guard south of Arrowstone Park all the way to the north I-90 interchange.
That’s the potentially plan of the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) for sometime after 2020.
At the February 4 meeting of the city council, they heard the news about the changes as they were asked by the MDT to pass a resolution of support reducing the number of lanes on Main Street in order to meet the current traffic signal configuration, provide for better pedestrian safety and improve the visual look of Main Street. Main Street is owned and maintained by the state as a secondary highway (Highway 275).
The project does not involve a change of parking orientation along the route and the current parallel parking will be maintained.
As the topic came up on the council’s agenda, Mayor Caleb Burton asked Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Brian Bender to explain the background of the resolution before the aldermen.
“Actually this is pretty exciting. This is a continuation of the dialogue we’ve been having with the Butte District [of the MDT] regarding Main Street and subsequent improvements to Main Street,” said Bender.
see Changes page 15
Among top finishers, Graveley takes first place
by Cathy Harding
“It was a little shocking.” That’s how Powell County High School FFA member describes his success at the FFA Career Development Event (CDE) in Great Falls in mid-January. Graveley took first place in Livestock out of 157 competitors. Graveley also took 30th in Meats out of 105 people. Kaleb Starr placed 12th in Livestock and 17th in Meats. Rachel Lombardi and Hans Lampert rounded out the team. The PCHS team placed 12th overall in Livestock and seventh in Meats. “I usually don’t place that well in events. I just show up so I’m there and get to learn more, so by the time I’m a junior, senior, I’m knowing what to do, and I’m placing really well in these big competitions, so it’s pretty much getting ready for the next level,” explained the modest Graveley. While it might have come as a surprise to Graveley, for advisor Bill Lombardi, Graveley’s success was less shocking. “Miles is a very sharp student and a hard-working member of our FFA chapter,” said Lombardi. “It was not a great surprise that he won as he has often done very well. However, it is always a great thrill when a student wins the whole event.” see Success page 14 |
New kennel idea might workby Michael Stafford
“This is an idea. I don’t know if it will work or not,” said Mayor Caleb Burton. He was speaking about a proposal that has been brought up about the city seeking requests for proposals (RFPs) from individuals or businesses that would be interested in operating the city’s kennel through a contract that would allow them to operate a private kennel business out of the facility as well as take in stray dogs from the city. The city council looked at a resolution calling for RFPs at their meeting on February 4 and ultimately approved moving forward with it to see how it might work out. “Anyone who might be interested in operating the city kennels in a mutual agreement, kind of a public/private partnership, where the individual would basically use the city kennels to run a kenneling business and then they would contract with the city to take care of any animals we have to pick up,” he said, “so what we’re really looking for is somebody who’s kind of an entrepreneur and would like to run a little business.” see Anyone page 15 |
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