Suppliers submit bids for new guardrails

County commissioners opened bids for two parts of countywide road safety improvement projects Monday.

For guardrails they chose the apparent low of $386,419 from M2 Industrial, Inc., of Ellensburg.

A total of three bids came in, the other two from Frank Gurney, Inc., of Spokane Valley at $407,86.50 and Peterson Brothers of Sumner, Wash., at $465,705.31.

The Public Works department will now review the winning bid to make sure it fits all parameters, with expected award June 3. By law, commissioners choose the lowest bid.

For rumble strips, three bids came in with the apparent low from Road Prod...