Council approves street projects for 2018

The Leavenworth City Council has approved advertising a pair of street projects for 2018, on Commercial Street, 3rd to Joseph and Whitman Street, Ski Hill Drive to Woodward.
“Projects are for grinding the existing asphalt, raising or adjusting the catch basins and manholes. Then, a 3-inch overlay. On the Commercial Street project, there is a small section of Enchantment Parkway that we’re also going to do, just from Commercial Street to Scholze Street,” said City Public Works Director Herb Amick, at the Jan. 23 city council meeting.
The funding for the project is coming from the state Transportation Improvement Board grant of $477,000 with a 5 percent city match, which came from Transportation Benefit District funds.
The bids will be open three weeks. Once a low bidder is chosen, it will be brought back to council for approval. The project was advertised last week.
“The upper one is Whitman Street, from Ski Hill to Woodward. The bottom one is from Third, all the way to Joseph with the extension for Enchantment Parkway. This doesn’t include any sidewalks, only asphalt with transitions to driveways,” Amick said.
Mayor Cheri Kelley Farivar asked if this is like the recent street projects.  
“No, this is three inches of asphalt. This actually went to bid last year but the bids came in a little high, so we’re trying again,” Amick said.
“The reason last year was so high was because there was so much damage throughout the entire state that all the contractors had already got WSDOT and other jobs,” said Chantell Steiner, city finance director.
Ian Dunn can be reached at 548-5286 or editor@leavenworthecho.com.