For a fee not to exceed $226,000, the Washington City Council approved an engineering agreement for the business park design. Leland Belding with Veenstra and Kimm said it will include water main, sanitary, turn lanes on Highway 1 and a detention basin. He explains how the work will be let as one project and it is unlikely to have all of the work done in one season.

Mayor Sandra Johnson asked how the project will work while there is bridge work done on the Crooked Creek Bridge on Highway 1. City Administrator Brent Hinson added this is a good time to work on the turn lanes, as Highway 1 is closed for the state’s Skunk River bridge replacement.