East Baton Rouge Citizen Put In Harms Way By New Sidewalks
October 26, 2011
Sidewalks being installed in a neighborhood would normally be met with cheers from citizens. That’s the way one east Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident felt when the city announced plans to install the cement walkways in her area as part of the Green Light Project. Now, just a few weeks later, she is not so sure it will make things any easier, or safer, for her.
According to Channel 9 News, the woman claims she had to sacrifice her home’s parking space so that the sidewalks could be installed. The woman has been parking across the street from her home since construction began, because No Parking signs now line her side of the street. This would normally not be a problem, but the woman is elderly and walks with a cane, not to mention the street we are talking about is the very busy Acadian Thruway. She and her family feel that her troubles walking, compounded by the heavy, and often speeding, traffic in the area, is a disaster waiting to happen.
City officials have been contacted, but have given no response.
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