“It's a long and complicated story, Highway 93,” Robert McDonald, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes said.

Highway 93 is a vital route for many rural communities in Western Montana, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

"The highway is vitally important to connecting us to governmental services,” McDonald said, “Doctor's appointments, I mean, our elders getting to the pharmacy when needed to daycare, education..."

While small improvements have been made over the years, many projects like Post Creek Hill and Nine Pipe Eagle Pass Trail were delayed until a 2023 Neighborhood Access and Equity Fund grant was awarded for $75 million.

“These sections of, of Highway 93,” Mcdonald says, “They weren't the first projects we did because they weren't the easiest.”

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