Missing sidewalks and Safe Routes to School
Summary
Mayor Pro Tem Reyna again pressed staff for a date to finish the sidewalk on the south side of 5th Street between Poplar and Broadway — a route kids use to walk to school. Staff says it's in design.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Apr 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
The completed grant project is closed out; the city is applying for a new round of CDBG money for remaining sidewalk and lighting work.
Students and pedestrians walking to school along 5th Street.
Pedestrians, especially schoolchildren, currently using the unfinished stretch.
Mentions & discussions (3)
City Council - Apr 21, 2026
Public Works identified 2,500–3,000 linear feet of missing sidewalk along school routes and will start with a one-block gap on Fifth Street from Poplar to Birch, then work through about 20 resident complaint locations.
City Council - Mar 17, 2026
Mayor Pro Tem Reyna again pressed staff for a date to finish the sidewalk on the south side of 5th Street between Poplar and Broadway — a route kids use to walk to school. Staff says it's in design.
City Council - Jan 20, 2026
The city wrapped up a state grant that paid for ADA ramps, 1,680 of them, plus 13 street lights and drainage improvements on four streets near Broadway and D. That work touches 66 homes, a church, and a park. A new round of CDBG funding is being pursued now.
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda and when it's voted on, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Wasco
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.