Sidewalk plow breakdowns and a blizzard of 311 calls. City hall debating storm response
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow called the city's response to the biggest storm of this winter "a failure." On Thursday afternoon, ...
Everyone Hates Sidewalk Sheds. Now There May Be Fewer of Them.
Several bills to be passed in the City Council today are expected to change the height, the color and the ubiquity of the ...
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Coeur d'Alene council considers step that would lead to more sidewalks
The amendments will remove the exceptions and will require developers/owners to construct sidewalks in the identified Priority Corridors "regardless of the distance to the nearest sidewalk or any ...
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Where the sidewalk shed ends: NYC to pass ‘major’ scaffolding reforms
A tragedy spawned the strict regulations in place today. City lawmakers enacted measures to expand inspection requirements ...
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More than half of Ho Chi Minh City streets lack sidewalks
Ho Chi Minh City currently has 4,869 streets that are five meters wide or more, but more than half of these streets do not ...
New York City scaffolding, sidewalk sheds may come down sooner after City Council vote
The package of scaffolding bills, introduced by council members Keith Powers and Erik Bottcher, calls for a study on new ...
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Long-awaited reforms to city scaffolding laws approved by City Council
The City Council on Wednesday approved a package of five bills intended to cut back on the number of scaffolds — known as ...
NYC Council passes tougher limits on sidewalk sheds in public blight crackdown
Sidewalk sheds, the widely reviled construction safety structures blighting public space in NYC, can only stay up for three ...
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City Council passes long-awaited legislation to tackle sidewalk scaffolding issues
The City Council approved a legislative package aimed to reduce the number of scaffolding structures on New York City streets ...
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Everyone Hates Sidewalk Sheds. Now There May Be Fewer of Them.
It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at proposed changes in rules governing a seemingly permanent part of the streetscape in New York City: sidewalk sheds around construction sites and buildings ...