The Martin Luther King Jr. Way street name in Seattle will be extended next year to Renton and Kent as a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
No streets will be renamed in Renton and Kent. But an additional street sign with Martin Luther King Jr. Way will be added along State Route 900 in Renton and State Route 515 in Kent after unanimous approval Dec. 10 in Olympia by the Washington State Transportation Commission.
“I am elated,” said Gwen Allen-Carston, of Kent, who led the campaign to add the street signs, in a Dec. 10 phone interview. “I am proud, happy and excited knowing that I’ll be part of something that’s going to be around for a long time.”…