Spencer Street extension now open

POST FALLS — About six months after it was expected to be finished, the Spencer Street extension in Post Falls opened on Monday.

The extension is less than a half-mile long and connects Second Avenue with Seltice Way just west of Dairy Queen and north of Ponderosa Elementary.

The extension will provide quicker access to Seltice Way for residents in the Pine Villa West neighborhood and who live near the school.

A portion of the Spencer extension was finished last year, but BNSF Railway recently finished the concrete railroad crossing. The project also includes new traffic lights on Seltice Way.

Part of Spencer opened last November and the northern end opened this week.

The total project cost, including rights of way acquisition, was $1.8 million.

The URA funded $1.7 million of the cost, while the city funded improving a small part of Spencer that is outside the urban renewal boundary with street impact fees.