Avista's Upriver Park project delayed

Avista is delaying its Upriver Park project into 2021. The plans are to close a section of Upriver Drive, from Mission Avenue to North Center Street, and turn it into a neighborhood park wth improved recreational access to the river.

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UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2020

The proposal by Avista to close a section of Upriver Drive and turn the treed Spokane River waterfront by the Avista campus into a public park is on hold until 2021. The proposed park would enhance the Centennial Trail through the area and give the public more waterfront access.

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The proposal by Avista to close a section of Upriver Drive, from Mission Avenue to N. Center Street, and turn the treed Spokane River waterfront by the Avista campus into a public park is on hold until 2021. The proposed park would enhance the Centennial Trail through the area and give the public more waterfront access.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
The proposal by Avista to close a section of Upriver Drive, from Mission Avenue to N. Center Street, and turn the treed Spokane River waterfront by the Avista campus into a public park is on hold until 2021. The proposed park would enhance the Centennial Trail through the area and give the public more waterfront access.

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A car winds along Upriver Drive near the historic Ross Park building on the campus of the power company Avista, shown Thursday, May 7, 2020. The plan to close the road and turn the one third of a mile beside the campus of the utility into a public park along the Spokane River is on hold until 2021.

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