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Highway superintendent: new 1-mile school walk zones overwhelm existing sidewalk plans
Summary
Tippecanoe County Highway Superintendent described how a switch to a 1-mile school walk zone has disrupted sidewalk prioritization, creating a costly backlog of needed pedestrian connections across many older subdivisions.
Stu Klein, Tippecanoe County Highway Superintendent, told the Accessibility Coalition on July 29 that a new policy change at the school corporation expanding a walk zone to one mile has upended existing sidewalk-prioritization maps.
Klein said the county has maintained an asset-management transition plan for sidewalks, ramps and trails since February 2012 but that the school change “blew out of the water” previous heat maps used to prioritize pedestrian connections. "It's pretty expensive endeavor because it's not only within the subdivisions, making sure they're up to date, but then between the subdivisions and the schools," Klein said.
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