Uniontown: Lagoon repairs to start soon

The lowest bidder has all but been selected for the construction to quell the leaking of Uniontown’s three wastewater lagoons, according to the consulting engineer working on the project.

With the low bid of $1.7 million, MRM Construction out of Ellensburg is weeks away from signing their final contract to undertake the project.

Uniontown is paying for the remodeling through a $2.3 million forgivable loan, stimulus funds in the form of a grant, through the Department of Ecology.

Construction is expected to start this spring. The three city lagoons process an average of 24,000 gallons of wastew...