METHUEN — Residents who live around Cypress Avenue asked city officials for a sidewalk, and their wish is supposed to be granted this summer.
The city will install a 1,000-foot sidewalk on the south side of Cypress Avenue, on the hill, this summer, said Department of Public Works Director Raymond DiFiore.
The price tag will be approximately $75,000, and it will come from state Chapter 90 roads funding, DiFiore said.
"We won't be starting this until after July because we have to do some survey work and then our submittals have to go to the state for approval," DiFiore said.
There's no sidewalk on the part of Cypress Avenue where there's a steep hill, near Haverhill Street. The hill hinders motorists' visibility, and children walk through the area to reach a nearby bus stop, residents previously said.
"Right when you go up the crest of that hill, you're taking a leap of faith that there's no one there," resident Chris Coleman-Plourde said last September.
About two dozen residents asked city officials for a sidewalk and said they feared a child would be hit by a car.
Workers might have to build a retaining wall, about 150 feet high, where a piece of property slopes down to the road, DiFiore said.
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