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Wait, do you mean that building sidewalks is the developer's responsibility? Do you mean like greenfield development on wholly privately owned land? Around here
by Sharlin 5y ago
Wait, do you mean that building sidewalks is the developer's responsibility? Do you mean like greenfield development on wholly privately owned land? Around here it's the municipality's job to plan and build (with subcontractors of course) transport infrastructure in new developments, just like power/water/etc infrastructure.
- wolverine876 5y agoIn many places afaik, sidewalks are the responsibility of the property owner.
- olyjohn 5y agoIn a lot of places, that means you only have to build a sidewalk when you're doing some kind of construction on the property. In some Seattle neighborhoods (mostly suburbs), you'll have neighborhoods with 20 houses in a row, and only the 5 or 6 newest houses will have a short sidewalk that is only the length of the property. So you're bouncing back and forth between sidewalks and ditches. Sidewalks just start, end and go nowhere.
- Sharlin 5y agoThat’s crazy.
- bluGill 5y agoThe developes are planning and building roads too.
- Sharlin 5y agoAn alien concept but sort of explains some things.