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Resident urges city to finish Buford Highway sidewalks and raises safety concerns near Walmart
Summary
A resident told the council there have been "about, like, 3 murders around the Walmart within the past year," urged the city to consider closing the store or otherwise addressing safety, and asked the city to finish the Buford Highway sidewalk project because of obstructions making biking unsafe.
During public comment a resident raised neighborhood safety concerns and asked the city to address an unfinished sidewalk project on Buford Highway.
"We've had about, like, 3 murders around the Walmart within the past year," the resident said, urging the city to consider drastic measures such as closing the store to reduce violence. The speaker also called attention to incomplete sidewalk work near the police department and Arrow Creek Park, saying multiple obstructions and potholes make biking hazardous and asking the city to finish the project.
The resident said he believes Georgia law gives citizens certain remedies and said, if the city does not finish the sidewalk, he "will go to Home Depot, get back some concrete, and finish up the project myself." The council thanked him for his comments; no formal staff direction or motion related to the issues was recorded in the transcript.
