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Trailnet asks committee to fold 50‑50 sidewalk program into Streets Department and create planning division
Summary
Trailnet urged the committee to create a streets planning division and eliminate the 50‑50 resident sidewalk program to allow city‑managed prioritization and equitable sidewalk replacement and maintenance.
Trailnet policy representative Charles Bryson asked the committee to create a permanent streets planning division and to end the city’s 50‑50 sidewalk cost‑sharing program so sidewalk repair funds can be consolidated and deployed based on a citywide accessibility and safety plan.
Bryson said the city has rising pedestrian fatalities and deteriorating sidewalks in many neighborhoods; he recommended a planning division…
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