|January 18, 2021 at 11:11 AM EST - Updated January 18 at 11:11 AM SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The plan for Savannah’s only monument of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been in the works for two and a half years and the wait to see it will take a little longer. Richard Kessler, the man behind Savannah’s new Plant Riverside development says the new monument to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is nearly ready, but deserves a grand unveiling. “We would have done it earlier but this COVID-19 has obviously delayed things and we didn’t want people to have to travel to come here for this special occasion until this COVID-19 is over,” Kessler said.