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Sandy Springs council backs $200,000 gap-fill threshold, advances sidewalk priority list for master plan
Summary
Councilors approved inserting a prioritized sidewalk candidate list into the city's transportation master plan and gave staff consensus to raise the gap-fill project threshold from $50,000 to $200,000, allowing six candidate segments (totaling about $888,000) to be advanced if funding is directed to the program.
City staff presented an update on the Capital Sidewalk Program Sept. 16 and the council gave consensus to insert a priority-scored sidewalk list into the transportation master plan and to raise the gap-fill funding threshold from $50,000 to $200,000.
Public Works presenter Wesley Waters told council the city maintains a priority-scored list, a gap-fill program and a neighborhood program; the staff presentation focused on the priority list and the gap-fill candidates. Waters said residents could increase a segment's right-of-way score by providing nonbinding letters of intent to donate right of way; Lake Forest Drive's Burdett-to-Mount Perrin segment moved higher on the funded list after nearby owners supplied documentation, Waters said.
Why it matters: raising the gap-fill threshold would make several short sidewalk…
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