Former Highway 20 contractor to pay big environmental fine
Former Highway 20 improvement project contractor Granite Construction has settled with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to pay a $735,000 fine for allowing muddy construction water to flow into the Yaqina River and other streams important for fish spawning and habitat. Although Granite is no longer working on the project they agreed to pay the fine and to ensure that any future work they do in Oregon will be done with better trained workers. The story is in the Oregonian. Click here.
