Poor roads cost Montana drivers $794 million a year

A new study says that deteriorated, congested and unsafe roads and bridges here cost Montana drivers $794 million annually in higher vehicle operating costs, crashes and delays.

TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit transportation research group, released the study at a time when highway funding is expected to be a major issue in the 2017 Legislature.

By CHARLES S. JOHNSON Chronicle Staff Writer

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