Spokane to build Martin Luther King Jr. Way

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, January 18, 2011

SPOKANE — The Spokane City Council has approved a contract to build a downtown street to be named Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

The Spokesman-Review said the $3.7 million contract will extend Riverside Avenue several blocks east of Division Street near the Washington State University-Spokane campus. It also will create a small park.

The project approved last week should be completed by the end of the year. It’s the first phase of a plan that will extend the street farther east.