{"id":10657,"date":"2026-10-07T15:40:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/?p=10657"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:41:34","slug":"longtime-mdt-official-larry-flynn-named-department-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/?p=10657","title":{"rendered":"Longtime MDT Official Larry Flynn Named Department Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>HELENA\u2014Gov. Greg Gianforte has named Larry Flynn director of the Montana Department of Transportation, elevating a longtime agency official who has spent more than three decades working for the department.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn replaces outgoing Director Chris Dorrington and takes over one of Montana\u2019s largest state agencies, with more than 2,000 employees and an annual budget of about $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarry Flynn is the right leader to continue the positive progress we\u2019ve seen at MDT under Director Dorrington\u2019s leadership,\u201d Gianforte said.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn has served as MDT\u2019s deputy director since 2023, helping oversee the department\u2019s operations, finances and policy development.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming deputy director, Flynn spent 16 years as the agency\u2019s chief financial officer and administrator of its Administration Division, where he oversaw accounting, budgeting and other department functions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored by the opportunity to lead the Montana Department of Transportation, a place I\u2019ve dedicated my life to,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cTogether, we will continue to invest in our roads and bridges, improve road safety, and deliver top notch customer service to Montanans across our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flynn is a graduate of Montana State University, where he earned a degree in business management.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/montananewsroom.com\/\">By: Montana Newsroom wire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELENA\u2014Gov. Greg Gianforte has named Larry Flynn director of the Montana Department of Transportation, elevating a longtime agency official who has spent more than three decades working for the department. Flynn replaces outgoing Director Chris Dorrington and takes over one of Montana\u2019s largest state agencies, with more than 2,000 employees ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-montana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10659,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10657\/revisions\/10659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radio406.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}