Port of Moses Lake opens new maintenance facility
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 3 months AGO
Port of Moses Lake commissioners, second, third and fourth from left, Darrin Jackson, Kent Jones and Stroud Kunkle cut the ribbon on the new maintenance facility Monday. Alson on hand were Facilities Director Milton Miller, left, and Executive Director Dan Roach.
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MOSES LAKE — Port of Moses Lake commissioners cut the ribbon Monday on the new maintenance facility completed this spring.
“It’s the new storage building for our maintenance department,” said Facilities Director Milton Miller. “Currently, we store excess equipment in a building that we want to tear down.”
The $1.4 million building was funded entirely by the port and is about 8,000 square feet.
The cost was higher than initially estimated, Miller told port commissioners at the May 13 meeting. Additional electrical work was needed, as well as work to meet updated building codes.
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