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Council backs revised sidewalk prioritization, adds equity index and asks staff to revisit developer standards
Summary
Council directed staff to adjust sidewalk-prioritization criteria to give extra weight to areas near schools and to include DRCOG's equity index; it also asked staff to review development standards and funding options for sidewalk infill.
Lakewood directors and councilors discussed a multi-year sidewalk strategy on Dec. 1, with staff recommending a focused inventory of missing and substandard sidewalks on arterials and collectors and proposed changes to the ranking criteria used to prioritize segments for construction.
Director Deandra said staff estimate about 840 miles of existing sidewalks and shared-use paths in the city and roughly 210 miles of missing or…
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