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New sidewalks in Columbus boost ADA compliance
COLUMBUS, Mo. — Columbus continues its mission of bringing safer sidewalks to town.
Its most recent project began last week and will bring new sidewalks east from the intersection of Highway 69 and Sycamore Street near Reeves Park.
Over the past three years the city has received two 'Safe Routes to Schools' grants totaling more than 500 thousand dollars. The funding has helped and is helping upgrade sidewalks built 50 to 70 years ago and add new ones along with the crosswalks.
They're also now ADA compliant.
'They're doing a really, really good job on the sidewalks. Very expensive. Put a whole new high school street, has sidewalks from Maple Street out to the highway. So, it's really been it's really been an improvement on the sidewalk. We have a lot of sidewalks that need to be improved,' said Larry Hiatt, Columbus Resident and Business Owner.
'We certainly see the benefit to safety or for pedestrians and bicyclists to having a sidewalk because previously there wasn't one available and we did have an unfortunate incident and that will help to discourage the future,' said Jake Letner, Columbus City Administrator.
Jake Letner also told us they hope to apply for more grants in the future. This current project is scheduled to be finished by August.
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