This issue was recategorized from Sidewalk to Sidewalk.

Thank you for contacting the City of Roswell Department of Transportation. Your request has been assigned to one of our team members and will be reviewed in the order of priority. You can expect to see our response to your specific request within 5 business days.

Thank you for contacting us. In 2016, the Mayor and City Council adopted a sidewalk gap policy to prioritize which gaps in the city would be constructed as funding is identified. It was decided that in order to provide the most benefit to the public, only sidewalk gaps on collector and arterial roadways (including Houze Rd) would be considered. Using these criteria city staff identified over 100+ sidewalk gaps along major roadways and applied a formula to rank the importance of each.

The following measures were used for scoring:
• within ¼ mile of a school
• within ¼ mile of a park
• within ¼ mile of a commercial property serving as a walk up business
• addressed a safety issue (defined by looking at speed limits, speeding data, and visual observation)
• had a worn trail (desire path)
• on the Roswell Loop

The section of Houze Rd (between Whitehall Way and Hollyberry Drive) you mentioned does have a sidewalk gap and it was scored using the above criteria. This sidewalk gap you identified currently ranks #97 of over approximately 150 sidewalk projects citywide. Please understand, the City is always striving to fill these gaps, and this ranked list is fluid due to project priorities and the availability of funding.

Your message noted a recent traffic accident. It’s unclear what date this occurred based on your note, but we reviewed the crash data and there appeared to have been an incident back on March 28th on Houze Rd in this area. I’m not sure if this was the incident you are referring to, but it’s my understanding that this 3/28 incident involved a head-on collision between two vehicles resulting in multiple injuries.

On a side note, the City has just started working on a new Bicycle and Pedestrian master plan that will likely be completed later in 2019 and will help develop and refine priorities for bike/ped needs in Roswell. We are actually holding two public information open house style meetings this week to gather input from the public. One of the meetings is nearby to you and is this Tuesday night (5/7) at the Hembree Park Community Building (located off Hembree Road near Elkins Road). Please feel free to drop by if you would like more information, I will be there and will glad to speak with you. I will also go ahead and include your note into our larger collection of comments into our planning study.

There is also a survey you can take online to submit comments:
https://planningatpond.com/roswellbicycleandpedestrianmasterplan#/sidebar/tab/roswell_bicycle_and_pedestrian_master_plan_survey

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,

Dave Cox
dcox@roswellgov.com

Thank you Mr. Cox. The May 28th incident seems right. Looking forward to meeting you at the open house meeting.