Year in Preview: Continuation of sidewalk projects

Two sidewalk projects should be underway in 2014, with one starting in January and one nearing completion.

The Safe-Routes-To-Schools (SRTS) sidewalks project near Crestline and Mountain Brook Elementary Schools should be  completed in January, depending on weather conditions, according to City Manager Sam Gaston. Mountain Brook was the recipient of the first SRTS sidewalk grant project in Alabama, and 100 percent of the construction cost is federally funded.

Overhill Road and Watkins Road were slated for completion in December, with Crestline areas along Vine Street to Dexter Avenue were to be constructed while students are on Christmas break. The remaining piece will stretch from Euclid Avenue down to West Moncrest Drive.

Phase 9 of the City’s sidewalk Master Plan should also begin in 2014. Preliminary engineering planning was underway in late 2013, with a public hearing to be scheduled in early January.

Phase 9 will add sidewalks from Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church along Brookwood Road to Mountain Brook High School.