SAFER Funding Overview
During the 68th Session of the Montana Legislature, Representative Courtenay Sprunger (R-Kalispell/HD7) sponsored HB267, the Securing Access to Federal Expenditures to Repair (SAFER) Montana Roads and Bridges Act. The SAFER Act became Montana law in 2023.
The SAFER Act transferred $100 million of General Fund surplus funding to MDT and provides up to $15 million per year to use for state matching dollars on Federal Highway August Redistribution funding or discretionary grants awarded to MDT.
- SAFER Funds committed to date - $50.9 million
- August Redistribution State FY 2023 expended $15 million
- MDT-awarded discretionary grants obligated to date – $35.9 million
- West Reserve Drive: Hutton Ranch Rd to Whitefish Stage Rd
- Kagy Boulevard Reconstruction (Bozeman)
- Mill Creek Highway Safety (Anaconda/Deer Lodge)
- Nine Pipe and Post Creek Overpass (Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe)
- Mineral County I-90 Improvements (Lookout Pass East)
- Highway 200 Reconnecting Communities (Missoula)
- Belgrade-Urban Improvements
- Federal Funding leveraged to date – $311.7 million
- August Redistribution at $119.1 million
- Discretionary Grant Awards at $192.6 million