POST FALLS - If you thought Post Falls' construction season was almost over, think again.

The City Council and Urban Renewal Agency on Wednesday approved a pocket park to be added to the ongoing Spokane Street revitalization project.

Starting Monday and lasting for two weeks, Third Avenue, another busy street, will be closed from Lincoln to Bay as pipe will be connected to the new sewer lift station in that area.

And construction on the granddaddy of all projects in Post Falls, the Greensferry overpass along Interstate 90, will start in earnest in early November.

"You'll see equipment out there on a regular basis starting in early November," said Tom Lien, executive director of the URA, which is funding the $14.7 million project. "The columns (for the overpass) will start to go vertical about 30 days later."

Completion of the overpass is slated for late summer or early fall next year.

"You'll probably be able to drive on it in September," Lien said.

The pocket park along the west side of Spokane Street next to the Centennial Trail is expected to cost $103,000. The boards agreed that the city will initially fund the project, but will be reimbursed in full by the URA at the end of the project. An agreement, not a loan, will be arranged by attorneys for both agencies.

The triangle-shaped park, which will be less than an acre, will include bike racks, brick pavers, benches, a water bottle filling station, lighting, landscaping and a kiosk.

"The park will give people another reason to stop in downtown," said Matt Gillis, project engineer, adding that it will also give trail users a place to take a break.

The park was originally part of the Spokane Street revitalization plan, but was scrapped to meet the project's budget. However, Lien said, an unanticipated $350,000 to fund the park is now expected to be available at the end of the project.

The loan for the overall revitalization project had also already been finalized when the possibility for funding the park was recently discussed.

Jerry Baltzell, URA board member, said he wasn't in favor of the park at first, but believes it will be the icing to the Spokane Street improvements.

"It will add a finishing touch," he said.

Most of the park is expected to be finished this fall.

The total project cost for the Spokane Street revitalization will be $1.9 million.

A second pocket park along Spokane Street near the water tower was originally planned, but is no longer a part of the project.

Lien said work along Spokane Street itself, which has caused traffic congestion, is on time and expected to be complete in early November.

"We understand that it's been an inconvenience, but the contractor has to have room to work in the middle of the street," Lien said. "We can't do this without some kind of consequence for traffic."

Lien said barrels, cones, flaggers and signals are being used to direct traffic as best as possible.

Two other URA projects, a pedestrian path along the east side Highway 41 from Seltice Way to Mullan Avenue and the extension of Spencer Street south of Seltice, are expected to go to bid this winter and be completed by the end of summer, Lien said.