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Stevensville Main Street News

$500,000 Grant to Improve Safety

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the Stevensville Main Street Association (SMSA) for developing design improvements for Stevensville’s Main Street and securing $432,900 in Community Transportation Enhancement Program (CTEP) funds to carry it forward. SMSA developed the project idea along with help from WGM Group, an engineering firm in Missoula, and succeeded in getting promises from local businesses, residents, organizations and the town to make the required matching fund contribution of $67,100, to bring the project total to $500,000.

The project represents the first phase of a larger design plan and will currently cover only the four blocks along Main Street from the junction with the Eastside Highway to the old feed mill building. The proposed design includes implementing pedestrian safety elements such as extended sidewalks at the four intersections to assist pedestrians in crossing busy streets, new crosswalks, and repair of some slumps in the sidewalk. Joan Prather, president of SMSA, says this is just the first phase in making downtown Stevensville safer and even more inviting than it already is for residents and visitors. The work is scheduled to begin in 2011.

Future plans for a second phase of work include new street lighting, benches, planters, and development of interpretive signage and kiosks about the history and significance of Stevensville and the Bitteroot Valley.