Hit the Pavement
It warms the cockles of my heart when I hear of a city making a concerted effort to improve their sidewalks. Let's face it...if a city has sidewalks, they have problems.
Enter...Flint, Michigan. According to the ABC 12 ...
In Flint, sidewalk repair crews are now moving across the city. Their goal is to reface nearly 5,000 squares of the worst sidewalks in town.
City officials say they're moving fast on their goal now as they use $750,000 in block grants to rehire 25 city workers to get the resurfacing done.
That has to be a beautiful site! Twenty five city workers scurrying around like ants laying forms, pouring cement and then finishing it off. (OK, "scurrying around" may be a stretch, but let me dream.)
The mayor says it is hoped that eventually the city will repair the entire 1,000 miles of sidewalk across the city.
"If people want their sidewalk fixed and if they call, we'll put them on the list," said Flint Mayor Don Williamson.
Council members from other wards claim to have submitted similar lists to the mayor through the city administrator or through referrals to the transportation department.
The mayor and his administrator say those avenues are not sufficient and all council people should follow the mayors direction to bring the list directly to the mayor.
No messing around...this project is too important.
The "Buck Stops" at Mayor Don's desk.
I have a new Hero.
Al Arnold
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