Hwy 232 improvement open house draws crowd

Montana Department of Transportation project engineers came to Havre to host an open house to present their preliminary designs for a $15 million improvement project for State Highway 232, also known as Wild Horse Road, and drew a larger-than-anticipated crowd.

Concerns about the condition of Highway 232 have persisted for well over 15 years with various community efforts working to help find funding for badly needed improvements.

The segment of the road closest to Havre was built using old standards and is narrow with extremely deep, steep shoulders with the portion from First Street to...