Neighborhood will get new water lines

After years of water line breaks, about 53 homes near the intersection of Eighth Street and Eighth Avenue will finally get new water lines. But depending on the weather, it might not happen until spring.

Last week's low bid for the project was about $45,000 more than what the city had budgeted, but on Monday night the Finance Committee of the Havre City Council decided that the project will go on. It agreed to appropriate an additional $45,000 from the city's water reserve fund to complete the project.

Now the question is whether the low bidder, Great Falls-based Shumaker Trucking & Excavat...