Construction ahead of schedule

The reconstruction of a portion of State Highway 191 between Malta and Whitewater is near completion and ahead of schedule.

“Technically we have to chip it next year,” said Squeak Tihista, Project Manager from the Montana Department of Transportation. “But it was actually a two-year job. There is still some stuff to do, but it is coming along nicely. It’s been going along very nicely. Aside from a little rain here and there slowing us down, it has been good.”

The project started in March of this year and as of last week, the final bits of construction were coming to an end on the...