Tualatin public works proposes $1.2 million, two‑year plan to repair sidewalk backlog and replace trees

Public Works staff told the Tualatin City Council they want to spend about $1.2 million over two years to repair the city's backlog of sidewalk defects caused by street trees and to replace affected trees, using a mix of existing program funds, remaining ARPA dollars and other municipal funds.

Lindsay Marshall, management analyst in Public Works, summarized a 2024 citywide sidewalk assessment that cataloged about 2,000 recorded defects across the network and identified 327 defects that qualify for the city's sidewalk maintenance program because they are caused by street trees and meet ADA‑threshold criteria. "We found roughly 2,000 recorded defects in the sidewalk system," Marshall said, adding that "the majority of defects are not caused by the street trees" but that 327 met the program's eligibility.

Jackson Porterfield, who co‑presented…