Water district authorizes payment

Still waiting for the pandemic-slowed county approval process to produce a building permit, Point Roberts Water District commissioners have approved a $29,000 payment to Faber Construction to get their construction of the district’s new building underway.

“We want to be able to say, ‘let’s go’ as soon as the permits are in place,” said district manager Dan Bourks following a special May 21 meeting to approve the payment.

The 4,200 square-foot building will be on district-owned land adjacent to the fire station on Benson Road and will combine an office and shop space, getting all of the district’s operations in one place. The district has historically rented office space and had operations spread between there and reservoir locations.