Wye Infrastructure Plan

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Missoula County is putting together a Wye Infrastructure Plan, which will create a vision for how Missoula County could address infrastructure deficiencies in the Wye area, such as roads, water, wastewater, broadband and more. This plan will carefully examine the future infrastructure needs in the Wye and identify preferred alternatives for addressing those needs.

The Wye Infrastructure Plan is not associated with the privately proposed Grass Valley Gardens Subdivision or Grass Valley Industrial Subdivision currently in the county review process. See the associated Voice pages for information on those projects.

Missoula County is currently working with the consulting team to develop the draft plan (Phase 3) . The draft will be based on the draft needs assessment and the teams analysis of the most efficient and cost effective delivery of infrastructure to the area. The full draft plan is expected to be publicly available in September of 2024.

The Wye is a rapidly developing area of the county with a mix of employee and residential uses and intensities. Following years of outreach and engagement, Missoula County adopted the Missoula Area Land Use Element in 2019, a vision for land use throughout the Missoula Valley, including the Wye. The plan identified the Wye as being infrastructure deficient. The infrastructure necessary to support both the existing development and planning growth is inconsistent and, in many cases, substandard, resulting in haphazard land use patterns. In 2023, Missoula County contracted with WGM Group to develop the Wye Infrastructure Plan.