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Kingston task force moves toward consultant-led sidewalk financing study after budget allocation

2665151 · January 8, 2025
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Summary

The Complete Streets Advisory Council was told city budget language places consultant funding for a sidewalk financing study in the engineering department. Members discussed scope needs — parcel frontage data, legal work for a potential referendum, and consultant team composition — and estimated planning costs.

Members of the City of Kingston Complete Streets Advisory Council were told at their first meeting of 2025 that the city budget now includes money to hire a consultant to advance a sidewalk improvement and financing program.

The council was briefed that the next step for the sidewalk task force is a consultant-led scope and that the funding has been placed in the city's engineering department budget. Council members discussed what the consultant should deliver and warned the work will require more than just an inventory: parcel-level frontage data,…

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