Missoula focus on downtown growth could cut housing costs, create regional engine

If all stays the same as Missoula grows over the next 20 years, the city would need to add 414 miles of new roads to meet the demand of urban growth, and housing prices would continue to climb.

Building single-family homes would occupy open space at an average rate of two housing units per acre and the car would reign supreme, adding traffic to already congested roads.

By Martin Kidston