SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The next phase of the Downtown River Greenway is almost finished and the Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation is hosting a ribbon cutting to celebrate.
The ribbon cutting will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 13 in the Steel District.
Development for Phase 3 runs along the riverfront, Steel District offices and Kiwanis Park. A walking path has been created to connect the other two phases, along with artwork, landscaping and seating areas.
KELOLAND News reported in September 2023, during the project’s groundbreaking, that the Lloyd family donated $750,000 for phase 3. The project is expected to cost $11 million in total.
Phase 1 of this plan, which kicked off in 2004, was completed in 2010 and included the amphitheater on the east side of the river, as well as the pedestrian bridge, which spans the bridge alongside the Arc of Dreams.
Phase 2, finished in 2013, runs from the pedestrian bridge built in Phase 1, up the river to 9th St., where another pedestrian bridge was built downstream from the viaduct. This phase, in addition to the second pedestrian bridge, also saw work on the section of river-walk on the east bank beneath 8th St. and on the west bank in front of the Tower Apartments up to 8th.
