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Some of those sidewalks will go along Hills Chapel Road, Oakdale Street, Madison Street, Coffee Street, and Oak Drive. Gannon said the hope was for all of the work to be done by city employees. If that is accomplished, it would significantly reduce the cost of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t do it without our employees,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cWe need to really emphasize that we have good employees.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite work having begun in several locations, this project is not expected to be finished quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably going to be at least five or six years altogether, for all of them,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cWe may have to move utilities and all that on some of these sidewalks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supply chain issues have already caused some delays, on top of the steps required to actually begin construction for the sidewalks. The project is expected to require over 71,000 square feet of concrete and a little less than 39,000 square feet of easements. The city has to acquire the land necessary and survey it before construction can even start, said Messick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t just go out and pour a sidewalk,\u201d Messick said. \u201cBut the main thing is that we\u2019re started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Messick said the project was being done for the community of Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to help make Manchester a better place to live,\u201d Messick said, \u201cMake it safer for people to live here.\u201d GN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SAFETY HAS always been a goal for the Manchester Public Works department. This is especially true now, as the department continues work on multiple sidewalks across Manchester. The project has been a long time coming, both in need and in planning. \u201c[People] have been talking about sidewalks for a long time,\u201d said Public Works Director […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":11685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n