Cheney awarded state grant for Simpson Parkway preservation

Cheney’s Public Works Department received an early Christmas gift in the form of a grant helping fund street preservation work in 2017 on Simpson Parkway.

The City Council approved a local agency agreement at its Dec. 13 meeting allowing it to take receipt of a $442,560 grant from the state Transportation Improvement Board. The grant provides about 90 percent of the $497,880 project, money that comes from the TIB’s Arterial Preservation Program.

The project will include both street and sidewalk preservation work on the 2,800-foot arterial, built in 2002, that connects State Route 904 with Nort...