Martin Kidston

(Missoula Current) Citing a shortage of revenue available for roads and bridges, Missoula County on Thursday voted to place a levy on the ballot to raise $1.8 million a year for deferred maintenance.

The levy will ask voters to fund the “construction, repair and maintenance” of county-wide bridges, trails and roads. It would cost the owner of a $600,000 home roughly $26 a year. That's in addition to the county's proposed budget, which is seeking $5.7 million in additional revenue, much of which will fund wage increases.

County officials on Thursday said that as the state and federal government shift funding to other areas, the “delta” over local infrastructure needs will continue to grow.

“The state and feds come up with the funding for construction but not for ongoing m

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