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I see sidewalks around town which really go nowhere. An example is the sidewalk recently installed on the north side of Oakes Avenue near Anacopper Mine Road. What is this all about?

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I see sidewalks around town which really go nowhere. An example is the sidewalk recently installed on the north side of Oakes Avenue near Anacopper Mine Road. What is this all about?

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Developers are responsible to meet city standards for infrastructure on the frontage of their projects. The city standard since the 1990`s has been to have sidewalks on all residential streets. Pedestrian mobility is a high priority for the city. For many years this was not the case and not a requirement. Requiring developers to install this infrastructure now may look funny, but it saves tax dollars in the future by avoiding the cost of the city installing sidewalks later on. Some of our current sidewalks are over 100 years old!!