A year ago, the Town of Cobourg planned to build a sidewalk on Abbott Boulevard but the residents there objected and no new sidewalks were constructed in 2017.  To resolve the impasse, staff were instructed to create a policy which would rank the priorities of new sidewalks to be built.  A comprehensive policy using complex algorithms was approved by Council for this purpose on April 30 this year but it seems that the residents on Northwood Drive didn’t read the policy so did not notice that a sidewalk on their street was ranked number one (see links below).  On June 11, Council approved a motion to proceed to build the sidewalk on Northwood Drive (per the policy) so notifications were… Read complete articleSidewalk Priority Policy questioned