2015 Year in preview: More sidewalks coming

Phase 9 of the city’s sidewalk master plan is set to begin this summer or fall. The last of the master plan’s 12 phases was completed in early 2014. 

Phase 9 will add sidewalks starting at Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church on Brookwood Road and then running to Crosshill Road, Woodvale Road and Oakdale Drive in front of Mountain Brook High School, where it will link with two other sidewalk sections.

In this year’s city budget, $829,205 gross was awarded for grant-funded sidewalk construction, with grants anticipated to fund $656,000 of that cost. Like other sidewalk projects, 80 percent of this one will be federally funded, with the city picking up 20 percent of the bill. 

Also in the plans for this year is a sidewalk connector to be installed at Poinciana Drive in Homewood. The city has allocated $100,000 for this in the budget.