CTEP is a Montana Department of Transportation reimbursement program.  CTEP allows eligible local and tribal governments to solicit, nominate, prioritize, develop and construct enhancement projects.  Currently, Federal funds are used to pay 86.58% of eligible, approved expenditures.  Local matching funds account for 13.42% of expenditures.  CTEP projects must fit into one or more of 12 enhancement categories:

• Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities
• Landscaping and Scenic Beautification
• Historic Preservation
• Rehabilitation of Historic Transportation Facilities
• Scenic or Historic Highway Programs
• Transportation Museums
• Acquisition of Scenic or Historic Easements and Sites
• Archaeological Planning and Research
• Environmental Mitigation and Wildlife Connectivity
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Educational Activities
• Control of Outdoor Advertising

For more information about this program or to nominate a project, contact the City’s Neighborhood Transportation Coordinator.

Safe Routes To School programs all share one common goal – to improve the health of kids and the community by making walking and bicycling to school safer, easier and more enjoyable.  Improvements include building sidewalks and paths, educate students and drivers about safe travel, and encourage walking and bicycling to school.

For more information on SRTS:

• Call 1-877-935-SAFE (7233) OR
• Check out the Montana Department of Transportation’s home page for information on SRTS at www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/saferoutes OR
• Contact the City’s Neighborhood Transportation Coordinator.

The purpose of this city-wide program is to study traffic concerns in response to neighborhood requests, with the goal of installing traffic calming measures. The Traffic Calming Program allows citizens to identify traffic concerns in their neighborhoods and request traffic calming techniques be installed to better manage traffic, whether motorized or non-motorized.  An example of traffic calming is the traffic circle at the intersection of Butte Avenue and North Sanders Street. 

This new program was developed to educate the public about bicycling & pedestrian rules and to highlight current and potential non-motorized opportunities in our community.  One of the education projects is a new bicycle and pedestrian user map that will be available in October.