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$1.9 million in street, sewer and waterline issues on table; council questions sidewalk plans
By Dottie McGrew
Special to the Beacon Journal
Published on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008
NORTH CANTON: City Council is considering $1.9 million in street, sewer and waterline projects for the 2008 construction season.
One of the seven projects is for work around Glenwood Street Southeast, including about 150 feet of sidewalk on the north side of the street between Linwood Street Southeast and the Zimber Creek bridge.
Council members acknowledge the work must be done, but some question the proposed sidewalk. They contend the free sidewalk would provoke city residents who have shouldered half of the cost of their sidewalks.
City policy also stipulates that three-quarters of the residents on a street must petition for the sidewalks and that the sidewalks extend at least 500 feet.
But other council members see the sidewalk as a public safety issue because many people walk heavily trafficked Glenwood Street to nearby Price Park. The cost estimate calls for the city to pay for the sidewalk.
Council will discuss the sidewalk issue in a special meeting at 6:15 p.m. April 7 before the regular council session at 7 p.m.
Also, the city will work with Walsh University on a $141,622 project to improve safety for students crossing East Maple Street from the campus to Washington Square.
The university plans to realign the entrance to its Eastgate parking lot to correspond with the three-way traffic light at Washington Square.
The city will install a pole with a fourth light to indicate safe pedestrian crossing.
Walsh and the city will share the cost of sidewalks in the area.
NORTH CANTON: City Council is considering $1.9 million in street, sewer and waterline projects for the 2008 construction season.
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