Northwood News ♦ June 2003

Sidewalk Installation Imminent

By Ken Hawkins

By the time you read this, residents along three Northwood-Four Corners streets will have received letters from Montgomery County notifying them that their long-awaited sidewalks are about to be built.  Richard Earp, manager of the Department of Public Works and Transportation’s sidewalk program, wrote to adjacent property owners on Lorain Avenue (between Timberwood and Sutherland), Sutherland Avenue (between Lorain and Southwood), and Eastwood Avenue (between Southwood and Lockridge) about the project.

While the wet spring delayed this and most other sidewalk projects in the county, construction is now scheduled to begin in late June or early July.  A DPWT inspector will be assigned to the project and be available to answer any questions property owners have about the sidewalks, alignments, removal of plants, etc.

The NFCCA passed motions requesting these sidewalks in 1998 and 2000.  Our thanks go to all who supported the resolutions and to the property owners who are doing their part to make our streets safer to walk along.  If you have any questions about the project, call the sidewalks program at 240.777.7270.   ■