Project means a new look for downtown Havre

When a list of improvements planned for First Street in downtown Havre was tallied up this summer, project planners saw that the combination of historic-style lighting, colored concrete crossings, planters, shrubs and trees, and other features would cost about $121,000, well over what the $100,000 budget available from the Montana Department of Transportation for the project.

But Havre will not be forced to pick and choose because Mick Johnson, district administrator for the Montana Department of Transportation, will increase the landscaping budget to as much as $150,000, according to the engi...