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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Broken Sidewalks: Public Works Officials to Meet with Ormewood Park Homeowners Feb. 14

Public Works representatives will do onsite walk-throughs on Feb. 23.

ORMEWOOD PARK — Property owners who have received letters from the city ordering them to repair sidewalks in front of their homes will have a chance to question the Atlanta Department of Public Works. A DPW representative is scheduled to attend the monthly meeting of the South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 at Beulah Heights University, 892 Berne St. Anyone who wants to ask a question in advance to is asked to send an e-mail to SAND: president@sandatlanta.org. As part of the DPW's outreach to homeowners, it also will do a a walk-through in the neighborhood on Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. to address individual homeowner concerns and reservations. A sign-up sheet will be provided at the SAND meeting for …

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Péralte Paul

11:05 am on Friday, February 15, 2013

Not necessarily, Gray. But the city's position is that whether your property line includes a portion of or excludes all the sidewalk that fronts your home/business, you as the property owner are still responsible for ensuring that it is up in keeping with code.   more ›

Friday, February 8, 2013

Broken Sidewalks Build Pathways to Controversy

The Atlanta Department of Public Works sent a series of letters sent to Ormewood Park residents in recent days regarding broken sidewalks it says they are responsible for paying to repair.

ORMEWOOD PARK — Following a 2012 complaint of a disabled man who reported difficulty in traversing parts of Delaware Avenue in his wheelchair, the Department of Public Works sent 26 certified letters to homeowners that order them to repair cracked sidewalks and driveways. If they don't repair the sidewalks and driveway curb cuts that are uneven, cracked or broken, the city will fix them, and then charge the homeowner. It's the first step in a larger crackdown that public works officials plan for the entire city. The move has renewed a longstanding debate over just whose responsibility it is to pay for sidewalk repairs: Public works officials say it rests squarely with the property owner. But homeowners and at least one pedestrian safety …

Denise d

8:46 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I work for a company that repairs sidewalks and driveways. I saw the price someone had quoted above and we can beat that. We don't try to break our customers banks to make a buck. If anyone is interested our website is summit cd.com go check us out. I hate that this is going on and I hate when contractors try to tAke advantage of situations.   more ›

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