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Committee backs moving quickly on Cherry Street sidewalk extension; recommends $70,000 reprogramming be pursued
Summary
The IURA Neighborhoods & Housing Committee expressed support for adding a Cherry Street sidewalk extension to an existing Cecil A. Malone Drive contract and asked the economic development committee to pursue roughly $70,000 in reprogrammed funds to build it.
The IURA Neighborhoods & Housing Committee expressed support for adding a Cherry Street sidewalk extension to an existing Cecil A. Malone Drive contract, and moved to ask the economic development committee and Common Council to advance approximately $70,000 in reprogrammed funds for the work.
Ari, Sidewalk Program Manager in the city engineering department, described the stretch near the Ithaca Art House and Tabor Street as a “dangerous” pedestrian gap used by residents of nearby affordable housing. “This will be not only benefit, the Ithaca Art House Compass is gonna benefit all West Hill and low income or affordable housing apartments in that area,” Ari said, arguing the extension would…
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