The federal grant would pay for designing and planning to complete a connector road from the South Helena I-15 interchange with U.S. Highway 12 on the east side of the
The city of Helena received nearly $16 million in community requests for portions of its American Rescue Plan Act allocation, nearly twice the amount of funds available.
Helena Fire Department Chief Ken Wood continued to sound the alarm over the city s need for a third fire station during a Helena City Commission meeting this week.Â
City leadership gave City Manager Rachel Harlow-Schalk and Wood permission to continue exploring the need and feasibility following Wood s presentation, which painted a bleak outlook for HFD s ability to respond to emergencies in the future without the construction of a third fire station near the Helena Regional Airport.
Wood told the City Commission he projects average response times for the two existing stations to climb to nearly eight minutes by 2025, well outside industry standards, without the construction of a third station near the airport.Â