City of Greenfield to begin assessing sidewalk conditions
GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The city of Greenfield will be conducting a Sidewalk Condition Assessment after receiving a $45,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office on Disability.
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The city says it's been working to repair or replace over six miles of sidewalk over the last seven years.
Starting on Tuesday, they're using the state grant to figure out what is left to be repaired. A contractor from Westfield, Tighe & Bond, will be doing a walkthrough of the city's roughly 78 miles worth of sidewalks and 35 miles of curbing. The assessment will continue through June. They'll pinpoint where conditions are worst and what still needs to be fixed.
The contractor will be walking and surveying every street in Greenfield and will be taking notes and photos while doing so. They will likely be rolling a cart with a mounted camera on it and might be riding around on a bicycle, also with a mounted camera on it.
The Greenfield 'Complete Streets' project started back in 2018, when the city got over $400,000 from the state to improve sidewalks. This is the latest push to target areas in need. The project will provide safe and accessible pedestrian routes that will foster equity for all sidewalk users and will encourage residents to choose walking (or 'rolling') or public transit as healthy and sustainable modes of transportation.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
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