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TrailNet and aldermen press for streets and sidewalks funding as budget shows capital drop and gas-tax allocation
Summary
TrailNet recommended folding the city's 50/50 sidewalk program into the streets department and creating a planning division; budget director told the committee that the capital fund fell to $61.4 million and explained new gas-tax allocations to capital.
At the budget hearing, TrailNet urged the committee to consolidate sidewalk funding and create a continuous planning function within the Streets Department to prioritize safety and maintenance.
TrailNet policy catalyst Charles Bryson recommended creating a planning division within Streets to coordinate maintenance and repairs and to end the city's 50/50 sidewalk program, which Chapel speakers and some aldermen called inequitable.
"The consolidation of sidewalk repair and replacement funds would allow all residents greater mobility," Bryson…
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