Jim Bachand, Grant Kier and Chad Bauer
We, the undersigned members of the Missoula Infrastructure Coalition, endorse the proposed $1.8 million levy on the November 2025 Missoula County ballot which will result in homeowners paying on average about $2 a month in additional tax.
Currently, Missoula County has only about $500,000 available each year for road and bridge maintenance, while actual needs are closer to $4.5 million. Rising costs for materials and labor have widened this gap, and the rapid rate at which bridges are aging has increased the urgency for repairs while the county’s primary funding source remains inadequately flat.
Passing this levy not only increases available county infrastructure repair funds to $2.3 million annually but also enables critical eligibility to apply f