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Santa Ana outlines strategy to tackle 5,000-location sidewalk backlog, warns of Measure X sunset
Summary
City staff told the Environmental Transportation Advisory Commission that the sidewalk replacement program faces a backlog of roughly 5,000 reported locations, a current annual budget of $1,000,000 and a possible funding shortfall when Measure X sunsets around 2029.
Assistant Public Works Maintenance Manager Arturo Rodriguez told the Environmental Transportation Advisory Commission on Dec. 9 that the city’s sidewalk replacement program addresses an estimated backlog of about 5,000 reported locations across roughly 800 miles of sidewalk. “The goal of this program, improve safe walking accessibility for pedestrians and increase, active modes of transportation,” Arturo said, noting the program has repaired roughly 3,600 locations and about 365,000 square feet of sidewalk since July 2020.
Rodriguez said that if the city “had a magic wand and we had sufficient money ... to repair all of these locations,” the immediate estimated cost would be…
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