The River’s Edge Trail Luminaria Walk is 7-11 p.m. Aug. 22 with 1,500 hand decorated paper bags filled with sand and tea lights lighting the trail from the caboose to Giant Springs Road. The Luminaria walk began in 1993 and continues highlighting various sections of the trail in Great Falls, according to organizers. Students from various schools, the Great Falls
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Construction begins Aug. 18 on the south end of the 10th Street Bridge. The project runs through the end of September and the walking bridge will be closed during the construction. The project includes demolition of the top layer of asphalt at the south end of the 10th Street Bridge, replacing it with a 6-inch reinforced concrete slab; demolition removal
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Updated Aug. 10 with additional information from Park and Rec The Electric City Water Park is closing down for the season on Aug. 17. There were plans to operate the water park for two additional weekends, but that’s off due to the lifeguard shortage, according to the Great Falls Park and Recreation Department. The water park will be open noon to
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A portion of the River’s Edge Trail below the Central Avenue bridge is closed for the next month for improvements. The closure began Aug. 4 and will include replacing more than 700 linear feet of asphalt surfacing with reinforced concrete. The section of trail is located between Milwaukee Station and the Electric City Water Park and is expected to reopen
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The River’s Edge Trail is closed July 28 on the south shore as part of NorthWestern Energy’s Black Eagle Dam spillway project. The trail on the south shore near the dam and North River Road will also be closed July 31. The closure is needed so crews can safely use heavy equipment to pour concrete as part of the Black Eagle
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City Commissioners voted during their July 15 meeting to amend their agreement with the Montana Department of Transportation for the River’s Edge Trail relocation project along River Drive South. The River’s Edge Trail Foundation, City of Great Falls and other groups have struggled for nearly 30 years to find a way to reroute the convoluted jog the trail makes behind the
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City Commissioners approved the final payment during their July 15 meeting for the second phase of the Missouri River north bank stabilization project. The payment is $15,597.70 to Olympus Technical Services and $157.55 to the state miscellaneous tax fund. This phase of the project continued the preservation of the north bank shoreline of the Missouri River and provided protection for
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City Commissioners approved $65,000 for park ADA improvements during their July 15 meeting. Commissioners approved the funding through a Community Development Block Grant agreement with the city public works department for the installation of ADA sidewalk landings adjacent to Grande Vista and Bel View parks. City staff received specific requests for ADA landings in those two parks as there’s a
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Water Tower Pool will remain closed for the summer due to an ongoing lifeguard shortage. The pool has been closed since the city opened its other pools in June due to the lack of certified lifeguards, but the splash pad has and will remain open for the summer, according to the Park and Recreation Department. “We understand this news may
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City Commissioners approved a funding agreement and playground purchase for Morony Park during their July 1 meeting. Commissioners approved a $194,795 Community Development Block Grant funding agreement with the Park and Recreation Department for the project. Staff have been planning to install a new playground at Morony Park since the Natatorium was closed in 2018 and demolished in late 2023.
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