Future of sidewalk project could be decided Tuesday

Full story: Victoria Advocate

Originally published July 6, 2009 at 4:57 p.m., updated July 6, 2009 at 5 p.m. Plans to design and engineer the downtown sidewalk and street improvement project were approved in January by a split city council.

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moving sidewalks

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If you want to see how NOT to do a downtown sidewalk, just check out the downtown of De Leon, Texas. Talk about screwed up, the sidewalks are "ADA approved" and are a maze of up and down steps and rails placed oddly all over the place. You'd have to see it and use it to believe it.

Jace

Agree. It is especially clumsy for us clumsy people that walk with our heads in the clouds. Couldn't tell you how many times I've tripped.

long-haired country boy

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i watch where my feet are going when i walk and still trip over the cracks. it is bad on us older folks with bad knees to walk on a sidewalk here. i feel sorry for those in wheelchairs who have to use the walkways. i guess the money set aside for that project was spent on something else.

bad idea

long-haired country boy wrote:

i watch where my feet are going when i walk and still trip over the cracks. it is bad on us older folks with bad knees to walk on a sidewalk here. i feel sorry for those in wheelchairs who have to use the walkways. i guess the money set aside for that project was spent on something else.

For those who use a power chair, it's a horrible obstacle course. Great example of what happens when the government is in charge of something. All common sense is lost.

Jace

bad idea wrote:

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For those who use a power chair, it's a horrible obstacle course. Great example of what happens when the government is in charge of something. All common sense is lost.

Wow. I kept telling myself that even though it was dangerous for me, it was at least a benefit for people with disabilities. If it is even hazardous for them, it needs to be immediately ripped up and re-done.

long-haired country boy

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maybe they are starting. the steps across the alley from the library have yellow tape across them on one side.

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