UNIT 2 FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY

Why Don’t We Complain?

B Y J O N M E R G E N T H A L E R

SIDEWALK CONDITIONS IN WINSTEDWhy fixing them is

important

SIDEWALKSThe conditions of our

SidewalksMost in very poor condition.

• Cracked and dangerous

Sidewalks Some are even so broken they are falling apart.

SidewalksDuring the winter, very few are managed or kept clean/open.

SIDEWALKSWhy we should fix our

SIDEWALKS ARE A VERY BIG DEAL As a means of traveling

Winsted has a walking policy for its school district Many of our children need to walk to school using them!

For people without vehicles Walking helps reduce our environmental impact Some streets don’t even have sidewalks!

Sidewalks keep people safe from having to walk in the road near vehicles

For business Better sidewalk conditions promote business

No one will walk on a sidewalk covered in 2 feet of snow to go to a store

Simple visual appeal attracts customers

Bad for Business This is a part of the sidewalk on Park PL W, right across from the town green and NWCC. This is not attractive at all and hurts the businesses.

Un-shoveled Here's another of many sidewalks covered in snow. We've had a fairly clear winter but usually snow keeps pilling up all season. Only the sidewalks on the most important streets are kept clear.

Our childrenWinsted has a walking policy in place, we don’t want our children having to walk in dangerous conditions.

SIDEWALKSHow we should fix our

FIXING OUR SIDEWALKS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE

Hire local contractors to repave and repair our sidewalk And possibly build new ones on streets that currently

don’t have them Hire workers to shovel in the winter

Keeping a build up of snow and ice off of them will also help keep our sidewalks in good condition much longer

CREATES JOBS

Construction Maintenance in the winter

FINAL THOUGHTS

Sidewalks are a huge part of any community The townspeople's safety is more important than cost Even if realistically we cant take care of all of our

sidewalks at once, we can still draw out a route to fix that allows a safe path to school for all of our children

Most likely a long term project We already made the sidewalks next to the sports fields

in town really nice, so lets get the rest of our sidewalks up to par as well!