Cheney leak provides preview of next grant project

Cheney water department crews spent the earlier part of this week patching — actually repatching — what might be part of the city’s next application for Community Development Block Grant funds.

Department staff were notified late last week of a water leak bubbling up at the intersection of North Third and Oakland streets. The leak produced a sizeable amount of water on the roadway, the exact amount of which Public Works Director Todd Ableman said he would have a better calculation once repairs were made.

According to several individuals who contacted the Cheney Free Press about the leak, inclu...