Plans solidify for First Street reconstruction

The findings of a study to determine how First Street in Havre will look down the road closely matches the design backed by many downtown business owners.

"The public told us what they wanted and in this study the result is almost identical to what they told us," Mick Johnson, Great Falls district administrator for the Montana Department of Transportation, said today.

Johnson said Thursday at a meeting in Havre that a major component of the project - about $5.5 million of it - will be finding a solution to the water drainage problem the entire city experiences during heavy storms or snowmelt....