Someone's loss is Cheney's gain

Thanks to another area agency’s inability to obligate funding, the city of Cheney is positioned to begin work on a major road project ahead of schedule.

The City Council signed a pair of agreements at its May 26 meeting allowing it to receive federal funding and begin engineering work on its Betz Road Preservation project. The $352,000 project will repave Betz from State Route 904 to North Sixth Street, as well as provide installation of ADA-compliant curb ramps.

The city is eligible to receive 86.5 percent of the total project cost in federal funding, $302,900. Obligation of the grant funding...