Saturday, February 18, 2017

City of Cleveland 50/50 Sidewalk Repair Program

Here is the description from the City of Cleveland website:


"The 50/50 sidewalk repair program was designed to encourage the repair of unsafe sidewalks. The City of Cleveland partners with residents and each pay 50% of the total cost to have the sidewalks . repaired. The program opens every spring, however the city's matching funds are limited and the program closes when all City funds allocated have been exhausted."


We had work done through this program. The idea is great. The program could help alleviate a lot of bad sidewalk issues. Most of the issues come from trees that were planted in tree lawns in the 90's. Most tree lawns in the City of Cleveland are very narrow and the tree roots push up concrete.

Here are before and after pictures of our front yard. As you can see the tree has greatly damaged the sidewalk and the tree roots had taken over the entire front yard. It took us 2 weeks of digging and cutting out roots to get the front lawn to a much better look.



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