Evergreen community breaks ground on sidewalk project along U.S. 2
Members of the Evergreen community celebrate the start of a project to build sidewalks along U.S. 2 on April 18, 2024. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Evergreen School District superintendent Laurie Barron, Gov. Greg Gianforte, Evergreen Community Partners president Darla Harmon and Rep. Tony Brockman hold shovels to break ground on the long-awaited Evergreen sidewalk project. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Rep. Tony Brockman, R-Evergreen, speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the creation of sidewalks in Evergreen along U.S. 2 on April 18, 2024. During the 2023 Legislative session, Brockman introduced legislation to create these sidewalks. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of sidewalks along U.S. 2 in Evergreen on April 18, 2024. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Evergreen community leaders, joined by Gov. Greg Gianforte, broke ground Thursday on the first phase of a long-awaited project bringing sidewalks to a stretch of busy U.S. 2.
“Like I said: Out with the cowpaths, in with the sidewalks,” Gianforte said to cheers before the assembled crowd.
Children traveling to and from school in Evergreen often are forced to walk or bike along U.S. 2 — which routinely sees 20,000 vehicles a day — since the district doesn’t qualify for state bus funding owing to the small geographic area it encompasses. The lack of sidewalks, while also an inconvenience, poses a safety hazard, according to school officials.
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