At Thursday night's council meeting, the Wenatchee City Council approved $6.38 million for lowest bidder J&K Earthworks to begin construction on the project within the vicinity of McKittrick, North Wenatchee Avenue, and North Columbia Street.
Between the opening bid on February 2nd, and the original deadline of March 29th, the Wenatchee Federal Building had four bids on it. Starting on the 29th, more than 30 bids have come in with the top bid now a little more than $1.5 million.
Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz said, "To see what's happened in the last 48 hours where you're getting down to the deadline and all of a sudden three other b