Report: City Under Funding Street Maintenance, Over 15,000 Trip Hazards On Sidewalks

Report: City Under Funding Street Maintenance, Over 15,000 Trip Hazards On Sidewalks

Tallahassee Reports has learned that a presentation to City Commissioners at a Wednesday workshop will report that the “City is currently under funding its street maintenance needs.” Also, the report will inform the elected officials that it is anticipated that over 15,000 trip hazards exist on city maintained sidewalks. The sidewalk hazards are important because […]

City Commission Wrestles With Sidewalk Priorities

The city of Tallahassee has been wrestling for a way to prioritize sidewalk construction for the last couple of years. A mix of neighborhood politics, costs, and planning requirements come together to give elected officials, their constituents and city planning staff a headache over which neighborhoods get the next sidewalk project. Over the past 10 […]

Drainage Issue has Citizen Feeling Ignored by the City of Tallahassee

Drainage Issue has Citizen Feeling Ignored by the City of Tallahassee

Joleen Williams has wrestled with the City of Tallahassee over drainage issues since work began next to her home in the area of a major electric utility easement. The work, which included altering the slope of the land, has resulted in flooding of her property during rainstorms. Ms. Williams, who lives in Paradise Village East, […]