City abandons plan for one-way sixth street

For the past few months, Havre City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks committee has been discussing the possibility of changing 6th Street into a one-way street to decrease excessive traffic, speeding and accidents.

This proposal came mostly from Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich, who’s said that the street just gets too much traffic and they see a lot of accidents and speeding, with the intersection between Sixth Street and Ninth Avenue being particularly problematic.

The committee, the police department, and City Council Member Josh Miller, who is not on the committee but lives on Sixth Street...