November 28th, 2011
Zoom latimes: 42% of L.A. sidewalks await repairs: Los Angeles’ backlog of sidewalk repairs could cost up to $1.6 billion and, at the current rate, take nearly 70 years. The city considers handing the responsibility to property owners. The repair problem is not just an aesthetic issue: The city regularly faces lawsuits from people who say they were injured when they tripped or could not pass at all on the public right-of-way. On a recent day, two blocks from her home, MacLellan pointed to a section of sidewalk with a 2-foot lift she called “the beast.” She said mothers with strollers, the elderly and others with mobility issues often go into the street to avoid it. Photo: Judy Griffin, a West Los Angeles resident who uses a motorized wheelchair, says she often has trouble with the condition of the sidewalks. Credit: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times

latimes:

42% of L.A. sidewalks await repairs: Los Angeles’ backlog of sidewalk repairs could cost up to $1.6 billion and, at the current rate, take nearly 70 years. The city considers handing the responsibility to property owners.

The repair problem is not just an aesthetic issue: The city regularly faces lawsuits from people who say they were injured when they tripped or could not pass at all on the public right-of-way.

On a recent day, two blocks from her home, MacLellan pointed to a section of sidewalk with a 2-foot lift she called “the beast.” She said mothers with strollers, the elderly and others with mobility issues often go into the street to avoid it.

Photo: Judy Griffin, a West Los Angeles resident who uses a motorized wheelchair, says she often has trouble with the condition of the sidewalks. Credit: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times

(Source: Los Angeles Times)

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  3. adrienehughes said: same issue in san diego…and let’s not even talk about the roads!
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    LA sidewalks. Accountable for the fact I looked like a Dalmatian growing up.
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