MDT Contacts:

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) serves the public by providing a transportation system and services that emphasize quality, safety, cost effectiveness, economic vitality and sensitivity to the environment. Here is a list of contacts and web sites for the most commonly requested services and programs:

ACTIVE PROJECTS
Comment on a project
Construction delays, detours and information
Project Information

ADA COMPLIANCE
Phone: Civil Rights Bureau: 406-444-9229

AERONAUTICS
Aeronautics
Airline boarding data, state airport locations, commercial air travel, Air Search and Rescue
Aeronautics Division: 406-444-2506

ALCOHOL/IMPAIRED DRIVING
Historical crash data
Impaired Driving information
Highway Traffic Safety Office: 406-444-7411

BICYCLES
Bicycle map listings
Bicycle safety
Bicycle and Pedestrian Program: 406-444-9273

CAMERAS
Statewide Roadway cameras

CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES
Citizen Incident Form
Claims against MDT are handled by the Risk Management and Tort Division: 406-444-2421

COMMERICIAL MOTOR CARRIER LICENSING & PERMITTING
Interstate licensing and registration, Oversize/Overweight Permitting
- 406-444-6130

CONSTRUCTION
Technical construction issues, general construction issue resolution, construction oversight and uniformity, construction project reviews, implementation and follow-up of constructability and post construction review findings, change order discussions, value engineering proposal investigation and recommendations, non-uniformity complaint resolution and implementation of new construction processes, procedures and specifications.
Construction Issues: 406-444-6001

CONTRACT PLANS
Contract Management System (CMS) and other automated systems associated with the contract letting process; final engineering documents, plans, specifications, and estimates; advertisements, amendments, standard drawings, plan holders lists, standard road and bridge specifications
Phone: 406-444-6215

DESIGN
Consultant Design: 406-444-9252

Community Transportation Enhancement Program: 406-444-9209
Montana program that funds transportation related projects designed to strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental aspects of Montana's intermodal transportation system

Computer Aided Design system maintenance and information (CADD) Phone:: 406-444-6243

The Highways Bureau handles technical activities on highways from the time a project is programmed until the start of actual construction. This includes location and road design, hydraulic studies, and photogrammetic mapping.

The Bridge Bureau designs all major bridges for highways controlled by the department, and approves bridge design performed by consultants. Bridge Design: 406-444-6260

Management, design, and technical support for traffic and safety engineering function; managing and coordinating the highway safety improvement and railroad crossing safety improvement programs; develops and reviews plans and specifications for geometric features, signing, pavement marking, electrical and highway safety improvement projects; and traffic and safety engineering investigations.
Traffic & Safety Engineering: 406-444-7237

DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) PROGRAM
Certification of minority, female and other socially and economically disadvantaged owned businesses and compliance issues

DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM
Business assistance to contribute to the growth and effectiveness of DBE companies in the highway industry.
DBE Supportive Services - 800.883.5811 | 406-444-7287

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES (DES)
Primary point of contact for the Department and liaison with the State Disaster and Emergency Services Operations Center.
DES Coordinator: 406-444-6152

DISCRIMINATION/TITLE VI
Discrimination complaints regarding services, programs and benefits provided to the general public by MDT

DISTRICT AND HEADQUARTERS MDT OFFICES

DRIVERS LICENSE/VEHICLE LICENSE
Montana Driver Licensing - Department of Justice

EMPLOYMENT
Current Job Opportunities

ENVIRONMENTAL
Consultant Term Contract Administration, Environmental Documents, Temporary Erosion Control, Corps of Engineers and Tribal Water Resources Permits
Environmental Engineering: 406-444-0456

Threatened and Endangered Species Investigations, State and Federal Species of Special Concern Investigations, Wetland Determinations and Delineations, General Wildlife and Fisheries Surveys, Montana Stream Protection Act (SPA 124) Applications and Wetland Monitoring
Environmental Resources: 406-444-9205

Solid and Hazardous Wastes, Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, Underground Injection Control, Asbestos, Underground Storage Tanks, Air Quality Conformity, Noise Assessments
Hazardous Waste: 406-444-7647

Report an environmental issue

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (MONTANA DIVISION)
2880 Skyway Drive
Helena MT 59602
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/mtdiv/direct.htm

FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Gas tax distribution and use | Questions and Answers about distribution
Distribution to cities and towns - Phone: 406-444-6114

FUEL TAX EVASION/FRAUD
To report fuel tax evasion or fraud please call toll-free 1.888.FUEL.LAW

GENERAL INFORMATION
District Office Addresses
MDT Offices and Headquarters Address
MDT Services
Find an Employee
MDT Receptionist: 406-444-6200

GEOTECHNICAL
Geotechnical engineering services for the design, construction, and maintenance of highways, including road subgrades, slopes, embankments, walls and bridge and culvert foundations
Phone: 406-444-6275

HIGHWAYS
Adopt-a-Highway litter-pick up program
Maintenance Division: 406-444-6159

Active construction/maintenance projects on a state highway

Information about future plans for highway projects. Transportation Planning Office: 406-444-6100

Information about spraying and roadside maintenance activities along highways.
Roadside Maintenance: 406-444-6200

Report a pothole, damaged guardrail, or some other type of problem on the highway, or inquire about winter plowing or sanding.

Rest Areas - general information

LEGISLATURE - MONTANA STATE
Legislative Branch

Montana State Legislature

MATERIALS LAB
Tests on concrete, asphalt, soils, paint, water, fertilizer, oil, wood, metal and other products associated with highway construction
Phone: 406-444-6300

MOUNTAIN PASS CONDITIONS
Montana Road Conditions text report | map
Recording of motorists information: 800-226-7623 (or 511)

PUBLICATIONS
Request a Montana state highway map

Montana TranPlan 21 Reports
Transportation Planning Office: 800-714-7296

RESEARCH PROJECTS
Research Program: 406-444-7693

RIGHT OF WAY
Property Management, access management, excess land sales, appraisals, reviews and property acquisitions Right of Way: 406-444-9272 or 406-444-9429

Utilities: 406-444-6080

Outdoor Advertising: 406-444-6068

SAFETY
Impaired Driving
Highway Traffic Safety Office: 406-444-7411

Motorcycle Safety
Highway Traffic Safety Office: 406-444-7302

Seat Belts and Child Safety Restraints
Highway Traffic Safety Office: 406-444-7411

Traffic Safety Records
Highway Traffic Safety Office: 406-444-3430

Work Zone Safety
Construction: 406-444-7628

STATE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND SERVICES
mt.gov

TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, SIGNALS AND SIGNS
Speed limits
Traffic - Investigations: 406-444-6220

Traffic signals
Traffic - Electrical: 406-444-7246

Traffic volumes
Traffic Data Section: 406-444-7217

TRAINS
Passenger trains
Rail, Transit and Planning Division: 406-444-7289

TRANSIT GRANTS
Administration and monitoring of federal and state transit programs
Rail, Transit and Planning Division: 406-444-4210

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS
Transportation commissioners

TRANSPORTATION DATA
Aviation | Accident | GPS | Traffic

TRAVEL OPTIONS INFORMATION
Transit
Transit Section: 406-444-4210

TRIBAL
Montana Tribal Information
Phone: Mike Tooley - MDT Tribal liaison: 406-444-6200

TRUCKS
Commercial Licenses, Permits and Enforcement
Motor Carrier Services: 406-444-6130

Commercial Drivers License
Phone: 406-444-2026

Motor Vehicle Inspection
Responsibility for the Motor Vehicle Inspection (MVI) numbers for Intrastate and DOT numbers for Intrastate Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program: 406-444-3300

Tire/Chain Requirements

US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Rules and Regulations
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: 406-449.5304

WHITE CROSS HIGHWAY FATALITY MARKER PROGRAM
Additional information
American Legion of Montana: 406-324.3990

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