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City staff urge statue relocation to make Riverside–Monroe intersection safer; council discussion pending
Summary
Marlene Feist, director, told the Spokane City Council PIES Committee that engineers are proposing to move the Monahan statue to allow reconfiguration of the slip lane at Riverside Avenue and Monroe Street to improve safety for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.
Marlene Feist, director, told the Spokane City Council PIES Committee that engineers are proposing to move the Monahan statue to allow reconfiguration of the slip lane at Riverside Avenue and Monroe Street to improve safety for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.
"The legal department wanted us to take a formal action, by council because in 1904, the city council passed an ordinance actually dedicating land for that monument. Also in 1899, the council, authorized $1,000 to be spent for its construction," Feist said, explaining why the city attorney recommended an explicit council…
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