The Montana Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on a proposal to crack seal and chip seal about 19 miles of I-15 both north and south of Craig. The project begins one half mile north of the Augusta Interchange (Exit 228) and extends north ending one half mile north of the Hardy Creek Interchange (Exit 247). Proposed work includes
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The Great Falls Police Department said on Dec. 21 that it was notified around 3:10 p.m. of a student onboard a school bus who had shown other students a gun. The call to police came from a family member of a student who was on the bus, according to GFPD. GFPS addressing threats; investigating former employees The East Middle School
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United Airlines released their first quarter schedule over the last week and “it shows a sizable increase in flights and introduction of larger aircraft with first class,” at the Great Falls International Airport, according to airport director, John Faulkner. Faulkner said the airline will fly with 9 percent more capacity at the Great Falls airport beginning in January and those
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Love’s Travel Stops is now open in Great Falls at the I-15 interchange at the airport exit. The company opened the Great Falls location, as well as one in North Dakota, one in Iowa and one in Texas on Dec. 9, according to a company release. Business Bites: Love’s underway; former Holiday Motors demolition; Touro medical school project ongoing; C.M.
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The Phillips 66 Company has a contract with AECOM for abandoning four groundwater monitoring wells. Temporary street lane closures will occur on 52nd Street North between River Drive North and 18th Avenue North. The construction activity will require temporary closure of the southbound lane on 52nd St N. The contractor will be working in this area between Dec. 6-10. During
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Temporary lane closures will occur on 1st Avenue South between 9th and 10th Streets South from Nov. 29 through Dec. 31 to remove an underground storage tank removal at Fire Station 1. During construction, the south lane will be closed to through traffic. Local access will be provided during construction and there will be barricades and detour signs in the
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City Commissioners awarded a $68,743 contract to Doctor Lawn Landscape Services, Inc. to remove 12 boulevard trees in preparation of a street reconstruction project scheduled for the spring of 2022 on the southwest side. The tree removal is in preparation for a city project to replace seven blocks of water main this fall and reconstruct four blocks of the roadway in the
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The Montana Department of Transportation has completed roughly seven miles of improvements on U.S. Highway 87, north of Great Falls between Dent Bridge Road and Great Bear Avenue. Schellinger Construction, the prime contractor for the project, widened the existing roadway and installed intermittent passing and turn lanes. Crews will return in the summer of 2022 to chip seal the project
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City Commissioners unanimously approved $128,950 in tax increment financing funds from the downtown district and $6,820 from the West Bank TIF for the wayfinding implementation. The full cost to implement the wayfinding plan that was formally adopted by commissioners in April is $220,000 and is being coordinated by the Downtown Business Improvement District, with contributions from a variety of agencies.
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Paving is continuing on Highway 87 north of Great Falls. The Montana Department of Transportation and Schellinger Construction will finish paving the final northern section this week, from Powerline Road to Dent Bridge Road, according to MDT. Once paving is complete, crews will place interim pavement markings and stripes on the roadway, which will remain until chip sealing begins early
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