Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority partners pursue funding to detail economic benefits of passenger service

With the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority up and running, its members and partners across the state will now seek a federal planning grant to complete a study detailing the social and economic benefits of restoring the North Coast Hiawatha across southern Montana.

Missoula County this week placed its support behind an application submitted by Park County in pursuit of $119,000 in funding from the federal RAISE grant program. Both counties are founding members of the Big Sky Passenger Rail Association, which officially formed late last year.

Martin Kidston