Dearborn Heights proposes $500,000 annual sidewalk replacement program financed with CDBG and TIFA funds
Staff proposed redirecting part of CDBG funding and TIFA support to a sidewalk replacement program that would hire a program-paid inspector, run in census-tract blocks in eligible low/mod areas, and begin after bids are awarded in spring.
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At the study session Director Debeja said staff plans to direct about $500,000 per year from CDBG (supplemented by a roughly $400,000 TIFA contribution inside the TIFA district) to a new sidewalk replacement program focused on HUD-eligible low- and moderate-income census tracts. "When we launch the sidewalk replacement program, our hope is to put $500,000 towards this program every single year," Debeja said, explaining staffs goal to maximize coverage and reduce trip hazards.
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