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Durham council members press for details on $millions sidewalk repair contract and in‑house capacity
Summary
Councilors questioned a proposed annual sidewalk-repair contract (SW/PSW-97), asked for scope and cost detail, and urged assessment of whether the city should expand in‑house capacity instead of relying on contractors.
Durham City Councilors on Jan. 9 probed a planned sidewalk repair contract (identified in staff materials as SW‑97 / PSW‑97), asking staff to clarify the extent of work, expected costs and whether the city could perform more of the repairs in house.
The contract under discussion covers repairs the city identified through a 2021 citywide sidewalk study. Staff told the council the work targeted in SW‑97 includes roughly 12,000 linear feet of sidewalk (about 2+ miles) in the two priority areas listed in the staff memo — described to council members as North Central and South Central — and that the project had drawn three…
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