According to Jesse Ramos, the Reserve pedestrian bridge was paid for with TIF funding, or Tax Increment Financing. The TIF grand total for development in Urban Renewal District III comes out to roughly $13 million.
The city of Missoula is working to develop new projects to deal with city growth, partially funded by a federal BUILD grant. City planner Andrew Wilson and Missoula County planner Andrew Hagemeier spoke to KGVO News about the initial planning phase and ways that the community can get involved.
So far, no one has been able to use the pedestrian bridge that spans South Reserve Street and connects Missoula to the biking trail that leads down the Bitterroot.
The parking lot at Missoula’s Costco is nearly always packed, which is likely one of the reasons why another, larger Costco is currently in development.