Council continues with sidewalk saga
JANESVILLE--The Janesville City Council will send notices to homeowners affected by the planned construction of 8.4 miles of sidewalk, adopting the unanimous recommendations of a council-appointed sidewalk committee.
A public hearing for those residents will be Monday, Dec. 10.
The council also will send notices to homeowners who were on the list for sidewalks in 2013 but have since had their properties taken off the list.
Additionally, 3.4 miles of sidewalk on the list has been put on hold until council members can study them further. Those miles will be discussed again in March.
The committee members could not reach a consensus on those sidewalks, which came with committee rankings determined by specific criteria. A ranking above a certain cut-off point presumed sidewalk should be installed while a ranking below indicated they should not.
The sidewalk committee will begin meeting again in January to finish scrutinizing a seven-year program that the council halted until a committee could study it further.
Councilman and committee member Russ Steeber said the council would likely have to look at the remaining sidewalk on a street-by-street basis.
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Nov 13, 2012 at 4:45 p.m.
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Maybe the council should just let their significant others decide on the sidewalk issues.
Nov 13, 2012 at 3:49 p.m.
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The guys and gals on the this city council need to be REsupplied with new Crayons and fresh paper so they can waste their time with minimal cost effect to local taxpayers. At least their work product might then proudly be displayed on their home refrigerators!
The sidewalk "saga," as you call it, ended long ago. The entire issue might now be best titled a DEBACLE!
Nov 13, 2012 at 8:07 a.m.
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Oh, didn't you realize, their priority is spending our money
Nov 13, 2012 at 6:07 a.m.
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Aren't there more important things to deal with than the sidewalk saga? How about jobs, the economy, budget issues? Seems to me the council needs to reconsider its priorities.
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