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Council hears sidewalk master plan data showing thousands of defects; staff outlines repair models and funding options
Summary
A pedestrian-condition scan presented to the council found roughly 7,800 sidewalk issues citywide—including about 759 severe defects often caused by tree-root uplift—prompting staff to outline repair strategies and funding options.
City staff told the Liberty Lake City Council on Oct. 21 that a citywide sidewalk scan identified about 7,800 sidewalk issues across the city, including roughly 759 defects classified as "severe" that are likely trip hazards and often tied to tree root uplift.
Public-works and planning staff said the data set—collected by an outside vendor—includes condition indexes and locations for sidewalks, multimodal paths and bike lanes and will feed into a prioritization framework. Staff proposed drafting a weighted prioritization (for example, pedestrian routes to parks and schools and business districts) and convening a 9–12 member focus group including the Bike-Ped Safety Committee, Community Engagement Commission, school…
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