Colfax district closes in on plan to launch track

A contract may be within a week of being set for the new Colfax School District track.

As summer nears, following the rejection of the lone bid it received for the resurfacing and other work, the district now seeks a contract agreement with Beynon Sports Surfaces, naming Palouse River Rock of Colfax and Motley and Motley as subcontractors.

Beynon, an international company, is on the roster of the King County Directors' Association (KCDA) – like a small works roster for statewide members of the cooperative, which Colfax is part of.

“That general contractor fee is the only thing waffling out the...