
The $40 million needed to fix the sidewalks wasn’t easy to come by. Sidewalk maintenance and repair is generally the responsibility of the owner of the adjacent property, but in this case it’s not cheap and could pose an extreme financial burden for property owners.
Utilizing parking meter revenues as matching funds, the City recently secured money to start the process of making repairs. Check out the City of Spokane’s blog to see where these funds are coming from.