Here (5.5 MB pdf).
Council likely will consider it in February.
Austin has 3,500 linear miles of absent sidewalk.
City staff estimates it will cost $750 million to build out the network. Staff is floating the idea of a 2010 bond election, but the City obviously won't try to fund the entire build-out.
Hence, the Master Plan will determine who gets sidewalks within the next few years.
The City's consultants developed a matrix to prioritize absent...
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