BILLINGS — Yellowstone County could receive $1.5 million in federal funding after a Montana law enforcement and infrastructure bill passed the House Thursday.
Eastern Montana Congressman Troy Downing's office confirmed the legislation includes $500,000 to reimburse the county for costs associated with building its short-term detention facility, which opened in October.
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"$500,000 is obviously meaningful, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not a huge check. I think it’s right sized and meaningful to the community and not breaking the bank anywhere. This is a project already started, and it's help keeping it on time," Downing said in an interview with Q2 News.
The remaining $1 million would go to the city of Billings to address aging infrastructure that delivers raw water to the city's new West End water treatment plant.
The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration before potentially heading to the president's desk for signature to become law.
