Posting more information is needed for the City of Raleigh understands the necessity for a connecting sidewalk between the existing one and Oberlin Road.

Thank for your posting.

The need for a connecting sidewalk between the existing one and Oberlin Road is a matter of employees at 505 Oberlin Road, white building in background, accessing goods, services, programs and activities to conduct business in the community.

At present people using wheelchairs, powerchairs and other mobility devises cannot conduct business in safety to or from the 505 building because to do so a person has to travel in a lane of on-coming traffic on Stafford Avenue to access the sidewalk at Oberlin Road.

I understand, but there are priorities for sidewalk construction going unmet throughout the City because there are not enough resources to construct sidewalks everywhere they are needed. The property owner can petition the City to construct the sidewalk on a cost-share basis, but otherwise it needs to go into a priority list along with the hundreds of other equally-needed sidewalk improvement projects throughout the City. The property at the corner is owned by 505 Associates, the owners of the Post Office Building. Perhaps you can contact them and request that they construct the sidewalk or petition the City to enter into a petition cost-share project. The City Council sets priorities for sidewalk construction in their annual budget process. If you wish to contact your City Councilor their contact information is available here: http://www.raleighnc.gov/government/content/LandGovernment/Articles/CityCouncil.html