Scorpion Backhoe awarded EMWD contract to rebuild Daily Road

City of Menifee
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The Eastern Municipal Water District has facilities off of Daily Road in Menifee, and an October 1 EMWD board action approved a contract to rebuild that dirt road.The 5-0 vote approved a $197,032.92 contract with Scorpion Backhoe, Inc., which is based in Hemet, for the work. The board approved a total appropriations amount of $311,000, which will also cover geotechnical and surveying work, engineering construction support, EMWD staff costs, and $28,000 of contingency funding. The board action also found the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of an existing use to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.The water district’s Daily Road II Reservoir and Hydro-Booster Station
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