Airway Heights receives loan and grant for steel expansions

The city of Airway Heights received a $363,600 loan and a $175,000 grant to go toward the construction of a new 60,000 square foot facility, a half-mile of rail siding and a roadway to support the expansion of Seaport Steel and Brown-Strauss Steel.

In August, the city of Airway Heights passed a resolution to submit an application for the grant. The city will pay $187,000 to match the grant and loan.

At its Aug. 27 public hearing, the Airway Heights Planning Commission forwarded a resolution to City Council to accept the Seaport Steel expansion. Airway Heights Development Services Director Derr...