REDMOND, OR -- Starting next week, crews begin making improvements to Redmond sidewalks. That includes pavers, street trees, curb bump outs, new storm water facilities, and a flashing beacon pedestrian crossing.

“There are just portions of our city that are missing sidewalks and we are wanting to improve those connections, especially around schools and downtown areas,” City primary engineer Jake Sherman tells KBND News Redmond’s plan to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act started seven years ago, “This project specifically was kind of that starting point of that original plan from 2017 and we ended up getting some funding about a year ago. So, we're using that funding to do the work on 12th. But then also working with our Urban Renewal staff here at the city, we were able to add on the fourth street. So that way it can kind of get updated to the more downtown standard.”

They’ll start at the intersection of SW 4th and Cascade. Work begins on 12^th street between Highland and Lava Avenues in June. “They'll be installing new sidewalks as well as reconstructing driveways to incorporate those sidewalks as well as we'll be installing new ADA crossings at each of the intersections,” Sherman says the project will take place through the summer, wrapping up in September, before the start of the school year.