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Residents raise safety concerns about county-led trail and sidewalk work; mayor and staff offer to inspect
Summary
Residents at the June 9 meeting raised safety concerns about a trail and sidewalk project on Garfield Boulevard; the mayor and chief of staff said the multiagency project is led by county and regional partners and offered to walk the site with residents.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the June 9 meeting to press the city about safety issues tied to a trail/sidewalk project along Garfield Boulevard.
A resident identified as Curtis described features he said made sidewalks dangerous for elderly pedestrians and children near a beauty shop and daycare: “They barely can walk down there a straight line and they'll fall over in that ditch,” he said, and repeatedly asked who would maintain plowing and snow clearance on narrowed sidewalks. Curtis…
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