What Is The Sidewalk Safety Project?
In March 2023, Capitol Hill Village formed a Sidewalk Safety Team (SST) in response to member concerns over sidewalk hazards and the time sidewalk repairs take.
The SST has six main recommendations for DDOT:
Reduce the Service Level Agreement (SLA) to complete the small repair projects to 30 business days and carry out temporary repairs to mitigate any tripping hazards in the larger projects within the same 30 business days.
Provide adequate funding to implement recommendation #1.
Establish an annual sidewalk monitoring program.
Capture data about sidewalk injuries.
Make it easier for residents to get reimbursement for the cost of injuries from sidewalk falls.
Study methods to reduce the number of sidewalk problems that need to be fixed and the costs to repair.
Capitol Hill Village Sidewalk Safety Report
How to Submit a 311 Sidewalk Repair Request Via Capitol Hill Village
Please send an email with the following information to chvpedestriansafety@gmail.com:
Include your name.
Send picture(s) of the area of sidewalk in need of repair.
- Include the nearest address in proximity to where the sidewalk repair is needed. If no address is available, include cross streets and descriptions of the area, i.e. “Corner of Massachusetts Ave. NE and 11th St. NE on the park side.”
Someone from the Sidewalk Safety Team will enter your request into the city’s online 311 portal. You will be sent a confirmation email that your request has been submitted.
CHV tracks these requests and uses the data to inform advocacy efforts to improve the city’s response time in repairing sidewalks. Thank you for your assistance in making our sidewalks safer! Apparently, it does take a “village”.
SST In The News
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