Airway Heights to relocate Recovery No. 2 project

In October 2016, the Airway Heights City Council awarded a $322,483.48 bid to Blue Star Enterprises Northwest, Inc. for drilling and testing of a future well on the city’s Deno Road property. A couple of months later, crews encountered a snag in the project.

City staff recently submitted a change order, at the cost of $159,500.39, to relocate the project northwest of the original site, which City Council approved at its Jan. 17 meeting.

According to Public Works Director Kevin Anderson, the location of the original project was based on geophysical reconnaissance work that outlined the extent o...