Cheney receives block grant funding

Cheney City Council members unanimously approved the receipt of money for one street project, the awarding of a contract for another and filling out an application for future work at the regular bi-monthly meeting July 23.

The council accepted a $98,700 award from Spokane County’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to help pay for replacing water mains on L Street between Third and Fifth streets, and D Street between Second and Third streets. The project is one of several the city hopes to begin undertaking this summer, which includes a $375,000 preservation project of North Sixt...