(KNZA)--An improvement project planned at the Hiawatha Municipal Airport moves forward.

The Hiawatha City Commission Monday evening accepted the low bid submitted by Herzog Contracting Corporation, of St. Joseph, to pave the T-hangar taxilane. The bid was for $57,750.

It was among two bids opened on August 12.

The city was awarded a grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation to help fund the project.

City staff will perform the dirt work and site prep.

The project is slated for this fall.

In other business, City Administrator Mike Nichols provided an update on the ongoing city sales tax streets improvement project.

Nichols said the contractor, AHRS Construction, is currently working on pouring concrete on Miami Street, with one side of the street completed through one section. The Miami Street project was started in 2019 and halted for the winter between Sixth and Seventh Streets.

After completing that stretch of Miami, Nichols said AHRS will move to North 7th Street between Oregon and Delaware, and then on to South 7th between Utah and Iowa Streets.